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Darkest Dungeon

Red Hook Studios

Released Jan 19, 2016 · Windows, macOS, Linux · Indie, RPG, Strategy · Metacritic 84

Art style Hand-drawn & ink

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?

5 elements · 5 screen types covered · Steam page

Darkest Dungeon - Dungeon exploration HUD: hero panel, stress and provision inventory Darkest Dungeon - Embark: quest selection over the region map Darkest Dungeon - The Hamlet: estate buildings and hero roster Darkest Dungeon - Combat: hero sheet and enemy intel side by side Darkest Dungeon - Sanitarium: Treatment Ward, Medical Ward and diseases
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Dungeon exploration HUD: hero panel, stress and provision inventory · HUD & Gameplay UI

UI at a glance: the patterns that recur across this game's screens are portrait panel (4), side panel (4), stat panel (3).

HUD & Gameplay UI

Darkest Dungeon - Dungeon exploration HUD: hero panel, stress and provision inventory

Campaign / World Map

Darkest Dungeon - Embark: quest selection over the region map

City & Base Management

Darkest Dungeon - The Hamlet: estate buildings and hero roster

Battle / Tactics

Darkest Dungeon - Combat: hero sheet and enemy intel side by side

Character / Unit Detail

Darkest Dungeon - Sanitarium: Treatment Ward, Medical Ward and diseases

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