Customer Ratings & Reviews

This game is brutal! But somehow makes that brutality as part of the game. This game is not for everyone to be honest, but if you are willing to take the plunge to learn the game, it is excellent. If you like dark, unique horror, this game also has some excellent settings. It also uses turn based mechanics, which will appease many fans of turn based RPGs. Just a heads up, this game has permanent death mechanics for your party members! But this is part of the gameplay, so do not let it discourage you. It is about managing your party members, and letting go of disasters and moving on. Definitely not a "relaxing" game for sure lol. But I do recommend if you want something challenging and difference.

I love this game. I hate this game. I've uninstalled it multiple times in a rage, but I keep coming back. It is pretty heavy on the rng, so it's possible to lose characters even without taking big risks. But if you manage risk carefully and are serene enough to view your characters as a resource that can be expended, it is incredibly satisfying when you succeed. I bought it from Best Buy because switch doesn't have a gifting option, kinda dumb. Still, it wasn't any more expensive here, and it's easy to redeem the code.

Inspired by the dark cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft, Darkest Dungeon is a difficult and stressful turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler. You manage a hamlet and its inhabitants as you take them into several different randomly generated dungeons with various goals. You may be asked to defeat all the enemies on a map, defeat a boss, collect certain items, or visit 90% of the rooms on the map. Each character has a specific class (Occultist, Crusader, Vestal, Man-at-Arms, etc) and can be leveled up and equipped with new weapons and armor, skills, and items. The game does feature permadeath, so if your favorite Occultist dies, you've got to recruit a new one and level them up again. Darkest Dungeon is a stressful game about stress (your characters will take stress damage and may develop negative personality traits that affect combat and many other things). It's not easy but it is very rewarding when you find a successful strategy or the right combination of characters.

I have this game a 5 because I absolutely love it! It's a sidescrolling turn based rpg but it's pretty difficult. You have a party of 4 which consists of many different classes as you brave randomly generated dungeons for gold and treasure. It has a beautiful hand drawn art style and kind of dark and grotesque vibe to it. Your characters can get inflicted with various status effects and even suffer from certain conditions, both good and bad. You can also get stressed out and even have a heart attack from too much stress so you have to manage it. Your characters can even die and won't come back so you have to be careful. The way it is layed out is you go into a dungeon and go through a series of rooms and hallways, which is like a big square grid. You encounter enemies and find treasure as you walk from room to room. When you clear the dungeon you back to town which is a hub and you can upgrade armor, weapons and skills. You can even heal stress, disease and afflictions. You can also upgrade the town. After that it's back into the dungeon again. Some dungeons have bosses at the end and some are longer or shorter then others but you can review it before you go in. The difficulty is petty brutal so I would only recommend for the most hardcore people but it's quite enjoyable to got git gud and become a force to be reckoned with. Would highly recommend but it's not for the faint of heart.

I'm obsessed with this game. I love Darkest Dungeon. Yes, it's hard and has permadeath for characters who die in the dungeons, but the game give you plenty of tools to help avoid that happening, and fresh, level one characters can be recruited without limit, so there is no risk of being permanently hindered by a party member getting killed. The art style is incredible and the music perfectly sets the dark tone of the game. If this game even remotely peaks your interest, give it a chance.

Absolutely love this game and it's even better portable.

It's a good, difficult rpg game with a customizable party and fun battle mechanics. At first, the game had some quality of life adjustments that had to be made (like bigger font for text), but the devs have since added those updates :D

I'm only filling this out for the additional points

I already own this game on PC, Vita, and PS4 and 5, and I still can't get enough of this game!

One of the best indie RPGs I've played in a long time. Appreciate the challenge & gothic, interactive characters in "quill-ink" type style!

My first 30 minutes with the game were uninspiring and I initially was worried that I had made a poor decision to purchase the game. However, by 1-2 hours under my belt, I was completely hooked and realized the many, many positive qualities of the game. Make no mistake, this is a HARD game and not for the feint of heart. Even then, give the game a bit to get going and you won't be disappointed.

It’s missing one of the expansions. This version is not complete.

Man... these indie titles are so unique and this one is definitely fun. It reminds me of “Has Been Heroes”, in how you choose your next path of travel. Don’t get me wrong though. The combat is turned based and there’s a lot more depth to the game. Just pick it up and give it a shot.

If you love roguelikes, or just games with an infinite amount of replay ability, then this game is for you. I played many upon many hours of this on pc, having this on the go is a no brainer.

Very fun and punishing game. Don’t get too attached to any character if you are playing this on the harder difficulties!

I had some issues with the difficulty spikes, which I felt held it back from being truly great. Despite that, it has some great moments and is definitely worth playing.

Excellent overall RPG. Good graphics, great in depth gameplay. Would recommend to anyone who's looking for a challenging game.

this game will make you very frustrated, but you'll end up coming back to it over and over again. it definitely does not hold your hand.

Already own it on pc, but had to get the complete edition on the switch to have it on the go, it's just that great

Such a dark and brooding game. Runs amazingly on the switch. Highly recommended!