Darkest Dungeon is a grim, turn-based dungeon crawler that puts as much weight on managing a party's sanity and stress as on winning battles. Players send a rotating roster of flawed heroes into cursed ruins, where fear, trauma, and death carry lasting consequences.

Careful positioning, resource management, and knowing when to retreat are essential against the game's relentless, Lovecraft-inspired horrors. Its narrated, gothic tone and unforgiving difficulty have made it a defining entry in the dark-fantasy roguelike space.