Darkest Dungeon
Game
Game details
- First release year
- 2016
Genres
- dark fantasy video game
- roguelike
- dungeon crawl
- role-playing video game
- strategy video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- ESRB · PlayStation Vita*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
Series
- Darkest Dungeon
Localized titles
- Darkest Dungeon
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Strategy*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Korean*
- Japanese*
Audio languages
- English*
- Japanese*
Community tags · historical
- Turn-Based Combat*
- Votes · historical
- 2,648*
- Dark Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 2,178*
- Dungeon Crawler*
- Votes · historical
- 2,177*
- Rogue-like*
- Votes · historical
- 1,965*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 1,923*
- Lovecraftian*
- Votes · historical
- 1,828*
- Difficult*
- Votes · historical
- 1,560*
- Turn-Based*
- Votes · historical
- 1,200*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 1,094*
- Perma Death*
- Votes · historical
- 1,031*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 995*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 924*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 893*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 778*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 757*
- Rogue-lite*
- Votes · historical
- 706*
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 618*
- Gothic*
- Votes · historical
- 575*
- Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 539*
- Kickstarter*
- Votes · historical
- 265*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- 1080p, 16:9 recommended*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- OSX 10.9+*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 18.04*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- 1080p, 16:9 recommended*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 4 GB*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 91*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Red Hook Studios
- Sickhead Games*
Publishers
- Red Hook Studios
Release history
- 2016
- Date precision
- Year only
- Platform
- Linux
- 2016-01-19
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- 2016-01-19
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- macOS
- 2016-09-27
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita
- 2018-02-28
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2016-01-19 · PlayStation Vita*
- Release date
- 2016-01-19*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita*
- 2016-01-19 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2016-01-19*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Jan 19, 2016*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Verified*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Specifications 2 · 10 fields
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Name
- Darkest Dungeon*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 4* GB
- Release year
- 2,016*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 2 GB*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Specifications 3 · 13 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Developers · PlayStation Vita
- Sickhead Games
- Sickhead Games*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- ESRB classification · PlayStation Vita
- ESRB · PlayStation Vita
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- Genres · PlayStation Vita
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- strategy video game
- strategy video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation Vita*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Publishers · PlayStation Vita
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Release date · PlayStation Vita
- 2016-01-19 · PlayStation Vita
- Release date
- 2016-01-19*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- PlayStation Vita*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2016-01-19 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2016-01-19*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 4 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 120*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 295* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 2,272* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Red Hook Studios*
- DLC count · historical
- 6*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2000000 - 5000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Japanese*
- Store genres
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 164* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 715* min
- Metacritic score
- 84*
- Name
- Darkest Dungeon®*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 12,430*
- Peak ccu
- 3,848*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 137,026*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 3.74*
- Publishers
- Red Hook Studios*
- Recommendations
- 134,754*
- Store release date · historical
- Jan 19, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Korean*
- Japanese*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.darkestdungeon.com*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Japanese*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Jan 19, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Korean*
- Japanese*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 561* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 2,392* min
- Ccu
- 3,848*
- Developer
- Red Hook Studios*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Historical US original list price
- 2,499* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Korean*
- Japanese*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 219* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 656* min
- Name
- Darkest Dungeon*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 12,430*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 137,026*
- Historical US price
- 2,499* US cents
- Publisher
- Red Hook Studios*
- Community tags · historical
- Turn-Based Combat*
- Dark Fantasy*
- Dungeon Crawler*
- Rogue-like*
- RPG*
- Lovecraftian*
- Difficult*
- Turn-Based*
- Singleplayer*
- Perma Death*
- Strategy*
- Atmospheric*
- Dark*
- Indie*
- 2D*
- Rogue-lite*
- Horror*
- Gothic*
- Fantasy*
- Kickstarter*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Korean*
- Japanese*
- Community tags · historical
- Turn-Based Combat
- Turn-Based Combat*
- Dark Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy*
- Dungeon Crawler
- Dungeon Crawler*
- Rogue-like
- Rogue-like*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Lovecraftian
- Lovecraftian*
- Difficult
- Difficult*
- Turn-Based
- Turn-Based*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Perma Death
- Perma Death*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Indie
- Indie*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Rogue-lite
- Rogue-lite*
- Horror
- Horror*
- Gothic
- Gothic*
- Fantasy
- Fantasy*
- Kickstarter
- Kickstarter*
- Tags votes
- Turn-Based Combat
- Votes · historical
- 2,648*
- Dark Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 2,178*
- Dungeon Crawler
- Votes · historical
- 2,177*
- Rogue-like
- Votes · historical
- 1,965*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 1,923*
- Lovecraftian
- Votes · historical
- 1,828*
- Difficult
- Votes · historical
- 1,560*
- Turn-Based
- Votes · historical
- 1,200*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 1,094*
- Perma Death
- Votes · historical
- 1,031*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 995*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 924*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 893*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 778*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 757*
- Rogue-lite
- Votes · historical
- 706*
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 618*
- Gothic
- Votes · historical
- 575*
- Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 539*
- Kickstarter
- Votes · historical
- 265*
Specifications 6 · 29 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Red Hook Studios*
- Store genres
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Strategy*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 18.04 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: OSX 10.9+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant Storage: 2 GB available space *
- Metacritic score
- 84*
- Name
- Darkest Dungeon®*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $24.99*
- Publishers
- Red Hook Studios*
- Recommendations total
- 133,378*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Jan 19, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 18.04*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- 1080p, 16:9 recommended*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- OSX 10.9+*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Open GL 3.2+ Compliant*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Conditions
- 1080p, 16:9 recommended*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Red Hook Studios
- Red Hook Studios*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Jan 19, 2016*
- Interface languages
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Czech*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Korean*
- Japanese*
Specifications 7 · 19 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Store genres
- Indie|RPG|Strategy*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 324*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 91*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 4* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,016*
- Title
- Darkest Dungeon*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Store genres
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 91*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 4 GB*
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