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Darkest Dungeon®

Developed by
  1. Red Hook Studios
Published by
  1. Red Hook Studios
Peak #409
Current #742
Top 1K 75%
Gem Peak #176

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Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

$24.99
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Dates

Released
2016-01-19
First review
2015-02-03
Age on Steam
2,430 days (6.6 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
100,990 87,915 (87%)
Reviews per day
41
Positive reviews
91,750 (90.9%)
Days in top 1000
1,841 (75%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
4M–11M 7,033,200

Pricing

Release price
$19.99 (2016-01-19)
Lowest price (earliest)
$3.74 (2021-09-14)
Average price
$22.15
Average discount
$9.24
Number of discounts
52
Days discounted
338 (13.9%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$62M–$185M $123,070,450
Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
$36M–$107M $71,073,185

Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Turn-Based Combat 2108
  2. Dark Fantasy 1800
  3. Dungeon Crawler 1751
  4. RPG 1622
  5. Roguelike 1612
  6. Lovecraftian 1493
  7. Difficult 1294
  8. Turn-Based 960
  9. Singleplayer 892
  10. Perma Death 831
  11. Strategy 800
  12. Atmospheric 775
  13. Dark 741
  14. Indie 639
  15. 2D 603
  16. Roguelite 575
  17. Horror 511
  1. Gothic 433
  2. Fantasy 417
  3. Kickstarter 225

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: September 28, 2021 04:42

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