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Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears is a strategic RPG where you use combinations of various heroes to clear dungeons. Train and utilize heroes to fight off those corrupted by the Black Tears and overcome difficult trials.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“Well, this game. So, it brings you in as a single player card combat game at a fairly good price. You start to play and its fun. Cracking some skulls and feeling the vibe. You get into it. Yay, unlock new characters with different abilities... oh look, they seem to work better…”
— a player, Steam review · 74 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:36 UTC · history 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.
v1.1.0.2 Hot Fixes - 07/18/2024
Ⅰ. Summary ◈ Improvements and bug fixes have been implemented. Ⅱ. Improvements ◌ Hero skill can now be targeted first when opening the hero card details window with the gamepad. III. Bug Fixes ◌ A spe
Dragon Chronicles: Black Tears Official Release
Greetings, Adventurers! Four months have quickly flown by since we launched Early Access on March 21st. We extend our deepest gratitude to all who participated in the Early Access and provided invalua
v1.1.0.1 Update Patch Note - 07/15/2024
Ⅰ. Summary ◈ 2 new difficulty modes have been added. ◈ In an effort to improve overall game balance, adjustments have been made to hero cards, artifacts, and other elements. ◈ Improvements and bug fix
Dev Letter
Greetings, Adventurers! We are excited to reconnect with you as we gear up for June! Our development team is working tirelessly behind the scenes, enriching the game with new content and features desi
v1.0.0.7 Hot Fixes - 05/10/2024
Ⅰ. Summary ◆ Improvements and bug fixes have been implemented. Ⅱ. Improvements ◌ The German localization for the game has been updated to distinguish between the terms "heal" and "revival." Previously
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy RPG · Dark Fantasy · Rogue-like · Adventure · Card Battler · PvE · Turn-Based Tactics · Dungeon Crawler · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · 2D · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, German * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 100 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 version 64-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 duo E8500, AMD Phenom II X3 720 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 440, AMD Radeon HD 5670, Intel HD DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 5 GB available space