Darkest Dungeon 2016

Released: January 19, 2016
Anniversary: Turned 10 on January 19
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Tactical · Adventure · Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · Linux · PC · iOS · Mac · PlayStation Vita · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Developer: Red Hook Studios
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Digital: GOG $3.75-85% Fanatical $3.12-88% GMG $3.19-87% Steam Epic Games Nintendo $3.74-85% PlayStation $3.74-85% Xbox

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Is it still worth playing?

Red Hook Studios' roguelike role playing game, first released in January 2016 after a year of early access. You manage a roster of heroes to explore dungeons below a gothic mansion you have inherited. Before each expedition you use facilities in the Hamlet, the hub town, to cure heroes and reduce their stress, recruit new ones, upgrade stats and buy items. Each hero belongs to one of twenty classes. You select four heroes and enter a procedurally generated dungeon, where combat is turn based. An Affliction system tracks stress: unchecked stress interferes with a hero's behavior, so a hero may be too frightened to fight or act against your direction. A hero who dies in a dungeon is lost for good. Each expedition still has real stakes, because heroes who are lost are lost for good.