Gameplay In-game screenshot of a typical battle scene.

A sequel, Darkest Dungeon II, was announced in February 2019 and a board game adaptation is also in development. The game received positive reviews from critics, garnering several award nominations, and went on to sell over two million copies.

The Stress Symbol, or Iron Crown, a crescent with five inward-facing spikes, is also in the game's logo. Played out in a mix of real-time movement and turn-based combat, a core feature of Darkest Dungeon is the stress level of each hero that increases with further exploration and combat a character sustaining a high-stress level may gain afflictions that will hamper, or possibly enhance, their performance as an explorer. Later that year, it was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Linux, with a port for iOS being released in 2017, and ports for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One being released by 2018.ĭarkest Dungeon has the player manage a roster of heroes to explore dungeons below a gothic mansion the player has inherited. The game was first released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in January 2016, which followed a year-long early access development period. Darkest Dungeon is a roguelike role-playing video game developed and published by Red Hook Studios.

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