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Dark and Darker
An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Dark and Darker is a lot of fun when you play casually and don't take it too seriously. The problem starts when you run into experienced players who know the game inside out. The skill gap can be brutal, and suddenly your run turns into a complete nightmare.”
— a player, Steam review · 452 hrs played“Play free, play 30 hours or so, then decide if you really want to spend $30 just to be able to sell your legendary pants worth 20k gold for its real value instead of the 120 gold and a firm handshake that Rick from Pawn Stars (The Collector) wants to give you. The combat…”
— a player, Steam review · 345 hrs played“I have an older pc that meets the requirement to run the game, and ive been playing for a long time.... now I cannot access half of the game modes because they implemented some settings in BIOS required for game types that my pc cannot do. Do not buy this game if you dont have a…”
— a player, Steam review · 341 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Tokyo Game Show 2026 - We're Here!
just a quick reminder that Team IRONMACE and Dark and Darker will be at Tokyo Game Show 2026 starting September 19th and going through September 21st, in Chiba! If you're attending, be sure to stop by
Early Access Hotfix #126
Hi Adventurers, This update ushers in the Tavern Volkfest Event. Join us and celebrate this wonderful autumn season with a nice tall mug of ale. During the event, festive ales found within barrels gra
EAS10 Warlord Tournament Applications
Hello Adventurers! The application for the EAS10 Warlord Tournament is now OPEN! It is time for you Warlords to prove your dominance and steeziness among the most skillful and ruthless warriors from t
Early Access Hotfix #125
Hello Adventurers, This update readies the main questline seasonal rewards. We’ve worked hard on improving the accessibility of the quests this season and believe this season should be the most straig
Team IRONMACE is heading to Tokyo Game Show 2026
We're bringing Dark and Darker to Tokyo Game Show 2026 in Chiba as well, and we'd love to see you there. 📍 Location: Makuhari Messe (Japan) 🗓️ Dates: September 19~21, 2026 🎟️ Booth: 02-C05 Come by to
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Dungeon Crawler · Multiplayer · Loot · Medieval · Extraction Shooter · PvP · RPG · Online Co-Op · PvE · Battle Royale · First-Person (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · In-App Purchases · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese |
| Official site | https://www.darkanddarker.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10, 11 Processor: 3.0 GHz Quad Core CPU Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video RAM or Radeon RX 580 with 4GB of video RAM or Intel Arc A380 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space