
The heroes may be stronger than their foes at certain times as you slay and eradicate these vile creatures room by room where certainly despair and fatigue will start to take its toll. You manage a squad of adventurers that take up missions to eradicate the evil that is plaguing throttle land.Īs you dive into the maddening darkness of evil to bring light into it, you have to manage not only your heroes’ physical resolve but also their mental fortitude. The main objectives of the game are looting and dungeon exploring.

The team is now working on Darkest Dungeon II, which is expected to come out of Early Access in February 2023.Darkest Dungeon is a side-scrolling squad-based RPG with a grim and dark setting.Last year, Red Hook Studios announced that the game had surpassed the 5 million mark.Darkest Dungeon was praised by both critics and players, having an 84/100 score on Metacritic and 91% rating on Steam (based on over 100,000 user reviews).The game has hit the 2 million mark by 2017. It had its full release in 2016, selling more than 1 million units globally in its first year.Darkest Dungeon offered a unique twist on the genre, with its Lovecraftian horror feel and the need to manage a group of heroes with different psychological traumas.The game was crowdfunded on Kickstarter, raising over $300,000 from around 10,000 backers. A small team of six released the Early Access version of Darkest Dungeon on January 30, 2015.Founded in 2013 by director Chris Bourassa and lead designer Tyler Sigman, Red Hook Studios soon started working on its tactical RPG with roguelike elements.“This is a firm reminder to us of how widespread our wonderful community is, and why we have to make Darkest Dungeon II the very best it can be,” the post reads.

Including all DLCs such as The Color of Madness and The Crimson Court, the total sales amount to 16 million copies.

In December 2022, the first Darkest Dungeon game reached 6 million units sold globally. Red Hook recently shared the data in its “ 2022 Wrap Up” post.
