Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral 2017 Edition

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About the Game Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Reclaim Your Ancestor's Estate Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond.

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Developer:
Red Hook Studios
Engine:
Proprietary Engine
Release date:
19 January 2016
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (754)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (56094)

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About the Game

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring.

Reclaim Your Ancestor's Estate

Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. You'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Uncover strange mysteries, and pit the heroes against an array of fearsome monsters with an innovative strategic turn-based combat system.

Core Features

  • The Affliction System – battle not only monsters, but stress! Contend with paranoia, masochism, fear, irrationality, and a host of gameplay-meaningful quirks!
  • Striking hand-drawn gothic crowquill art style
  • Innovative turn-based combat pits you against a host of diabolical monsters
  • Narration system to celebrate your successes...and failures
  • 16 (and counting!) playable hero classes, including Plague Doctor, Hellion, and even the Leper!
  • Camp to heal wounds or deliver inspiring speeches.
  • Rest your weary, shell-shocked characters in town at the Tavern or the Abbey to keep their stress in check.
  • Classic CRPG and roguelike features, including character permadeath, procedural dungeons, and incredible replay


Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family’s ancestral estate?

Descend at your peril!

Awards and Honors


  • PG Gamer: Best RPG of 2016
  • Game Informer - Best RPGs of 2016: 3 Awards
  • IGN - Best of 2016: 2 Nominations
  • IGF 2016 - 3 Nominations
  • Rock Paper Shotgun - 50 Best RPGs of All Time
  • PAX 10 - 2015
  • Game Debate Best Indie Game 2016
  • SXSW Gamer's Choice Nominee 2015
  • MMORPG - Best Indie RPG (Pax East 2014), Best RPG Nomination PAX Prime 2014
  • Indie Megabooth Selection - PAX East 2014, PAX Prime 2015

Recommended system 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

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7+
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Open GL 3.2+ Compliant
Storage:
2 GB available space
Additional Notes:
1080p, 16:9 recommended

User reviews

SpenceDawgYoi
Recommended | 31 May 2026
44.0h played

Hail fellow adventurer! Do you want to slay roving bands of monsters inspired by Lovecraftian horror? Are you ready for your cortisol levels to spike? Are you ready for high risk, high reward moments?! Play this game!!!

Helpful: 1
gutierres81
Recommended | 30 May 2026
15.5h played

Recommended After 15 hours, I finally understand why people keep talking about this game years after its release. At first, Darkest Dungeon looks like a brutal turn-based RPG with a fantastic art style. It is. But what

Helpful: 1
Triple S
Not recommended | 31 May 2026
13.4h played

After playing hours of this game, I find it to be extremely overrated. This game is not exactly challenging despite setbacks of losing characters since I get that's part of the game and depending on your party build,

Helpful: 0
noguano
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
13.6h played

I've quite enjoyed building and training my army, which is always a nice reprieve from all the battling. I've found myself thinking of plots to do better in the dungeons and quite drawn back for another go. The battles

Helpful: 0
Dubabugger
Recommended | 03 Jun 2026
69.6h played

One of the Best games I've ever played. Highly recommend for anyone interested in turn based RPGs. You can probably run it on a potato and it'd still be amazing.

Helpful: 0
Elliptical Reasoning
Not recommended | 31 May 2026
3.2h played

Can't recommend. Combat feels low-agency and boring and early progression is a slog. Tone is 'dark' and feels like it's trying really hard to be edgy with no narrative or character-driven support for that feeling.

Helpful: 0