2016 game guide

Darkest Dungeon

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

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At a glance

IS IT A
GOOD FIT?

Platforms: Windows PC, Nintendo Switch
Play modes: Solo
Best for: a challenge, a strong story, exploration, and building and improving
Time commitment: 1–3 hour sessions, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play
Genres: Role Playing Rpg, Strategy, Turn Based Strategy Tbs, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Themes: Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Mystery

Why it may fit

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TO THE MOMENT.

Darkest Dungeon is available on Windows PC and Nintendo Switch and supports solo. It may be a good choice when you want a challenge, a strong story, exploration, and building and improving. Its genre may suit 1–3 hour sessions, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play.

This is a compatibility match, not a review score. Pick My Next Game compares the game with your platform and the kind of session you want; it does not claim that one game is best for everyone.

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