Indie · May 8, 2023

Darkest Dungeon® II (2023)

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New Kingdoms Module - Curse of the Court - Now Playable! 'Hatched from the stagnant, brackish waters of the coast, a supernatural contagion is swarming inland!' Our third Kingdoms adventure module - Curse of the Court - is available to play now in Darkest Dungeon II. The Crimson Courtiers have returned! Insatiable Bloodsuckers have swarmed your Kingdom, carrying with them the dreaded Crimson Curse. Contain the spread, find the cure, and eradicate these vampirically-corrupted nobles before it’s too late. Steam Workshop Added! Now includes Steam Workshop integration! Download mods made by the Darkest Dungeon II community or create your own and tweak the game to your liking. Click the header to check out the created mods and to learn about mod creation for Darkest Dungeon II! About the Game Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within... New Game Mode - Kingdoms - Now Playable! “This squalid Kingdom, these corrupted lands, they are yours now, and you are bound to them.” Kingdoms is an entirely new stand-alone strategic campaign game mode available to play now in Darkest Dungeon II. Featuring a completely reimagined game structure, Kingdoms is a parallel game experience to the Confessions core game mode. You will be challenged to defend a crumbling realm against incursion from all new enemy factions. Manage a persistent roster of heroes, gather resources, and pursue an epic questline in order to track down and defeat the source of evil before all is lost. Progress in each game mode is tracked separately, and you can freely switch back and forth between active sessions of either. Kingdoms is being released in thematic modules, each focusing on a different enemy threat. All three adventure modules - “Hunger of the Beast Clan”, “Secrets of the Coven”, and “Curse of the Court”- are available now! Gather your courage and ride out into the chaos of a world undone. Four heroes and a stagecoach are all that stand between darkness and salvation. Tried and True Turn-based Combat, Improved The ground-breaking genre-defining combat from Darkest Dungeon returns, but everything from stats to rules has been refined and improved. The all new Token System helps make your decisions impactful while adding even more depth of play. Unforgettable Heroes Uncover and experience the tragic origin stories of each hero. Unlock their full potential via new skills, paths, items, and more. Roguelike Runs, Each With Its Own Emerging Story Each expedition lasts from 30 minutes to several hours. Even an untimely end will arm you with resources that can be spent to improve your next journey. The Altar of Hope Engage with a massive system of upgrades and boons that opens up new strategies for each expedition. Choose what’s important to you as you formulate your assaults on the Mountain. The Affinity System As travels progress, heroes bond with each other or grate on each others’ nerves, leading to desperately needed combat synergies or journey-ending dysfunction. Manage their stress and interaction to keep the team together until the bitter end. Nightmarish Environs From the burning Sprawl to the diseased Foetor, the long road to the Mountain will challenge your strategies and your endurance. Explore five distinct regions, each with their own unique creatures and challenges. A Moment’s Peace Rest your weary, shell-shocked heroes at the Inn, where you can relieve their stress and try to improve their relationships with a variety of diversions and delights. Face Your Failures Journey to the Mountain and face down five terrifying manifestations of your weaknesses. Signature Art Style, Evolved Darkest Dungeon’s genre-defining art now improved with no expense spared on 3D visuals, animation, and visual FX. A Feast for the Ears The audio team from Darkest Dungeon is back. Revel in an all new narration performance by voice actor Wayne June, a brand new expansive score by Stuart Chatwood, and bone-crunching sound effects from Power Up Audio.

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29 Indie titles launched in 2023 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume21.5k Steam reviewsTop 14% in Indie
Positive rating76% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 90%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 34% of Indie titles
Concurrent peak1.1k playersTop 8% in Indie by live player count
Engagement hours46 h averageTop 9% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Turn-Based Tactics · 274
  • Dungeon Crawler · 262
  • Rogue-lite · 262
  • Dark Fantasy · 253
  • Lovecraftian · 243
  • Singleplayer · 212
  • Rogue-like · 200
  • Perma Death · 197
  • Turn-Based · 181
  • CRPG · 173
  • Story Rich · 172
  • Turn-Based Combat · 169
  • Party-Based RPG · 167
  • 2D · 164
  • Gothic · 160

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Czech
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

76%Mostly Positive · 21.5k reviews

16.4k positive · 5.2k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

21.8k

Peak concurrent players

1.1k

Press Quotes

“In short, Darkest Dungeon II is everything you could hope for.” 90 – Edge Magazine “Darkest Dungeon II showcases how sequels can surpass the original through its captivating gameplay, stunning art style, and immersive music.” 100 – Attack of the Fanboy “I can’t deny the following fact: Darkest Dungeon II is a harsh but fantastic game” 85 – Game Informer

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

46h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

21h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

9h

Current engagement

Achievements

121

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 8, 2023
DeveloperRed Hook Studios
Base price$12.39 -69%
DLC / Add-ons5 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Darkest Dungeon II features stylized cartoon violence, gore, and adult themes. Alcohol consumption and intimacy are implied, but not pictured. Content in Darkest Dungeon II does not exceed the threshold of a Teen rating.

Editions & Packages

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