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New Grave Robber Plushie Available Now2026-04-22"Avarice slips unseen into the catacombs of the mind."Our Grave Robber Plush is available for pre-order on Makeship now: https://www.makeship.com/products/grave-robber-plushieThis exclusive Darkest Dungeon merch is only available for a limited time! You have exactly 28 days to place your order. If the Makeship campaign is fully funded by May 21 at 10am PT, this plushie is guaranteed to go into production. You can read more about how Makeship works here!
Week 4 - Mod Showcase2026-04-20Welcome to Week 4 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a hero for Darkest Dungeon, and new pets for Darkest Dungeon II. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should showcase, please fill in this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rTpUoFNPv9xmDDax7You can submit up to 3 mods for each game. If you are unable to access Google, then please email your suggestions to us at feedback@redhookgames.com with the subject line: Mod Showcase SubmissionDARKEST DUNGEONThe Lodestar - Azelfie, JavelinnOverviewThe Lodestar is a bulky and versatile support unit
Week 3 - Mod Showcase2026-04-06Welcome to Week 3 of the Darkest Dungeon Mod Showcase! This week’s showcase features a boss mod for Darkest Dungeon, and new barks for Darkest Dungeon II.If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should showcase, please fill in this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rTpUoFNPv9xmDDax7You can submit up to 3 mods for each game. If you are unable to access Google, then please email your suggestions to us at feedback@redhookgames.com with the subject line: Mod Showcase SubmissionDARKEST DUNGEONThe Ringmaster Boss Fight - MetalGy, Ooh Ah, verywhale, 54NBB, Anonymous_Koala, Cat and
Week 2: Mod Showcase2026-03-23The Mod Showcase is back! The Mod Showcase was previously a weekly series that ran from 2020-2021, and highlighted 2 Darkest Dungeon mods per week. We're bringing that format back, and plan to showcase a mod from Darkest Dungeon, and Darkest Dungeon II every 2 weeks. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should showcase, please fill in this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rTpUoFNPv9xmDDax7 You can submit up to 3 mods for each game. If you are unable to access Google, then please email your suggestions to us at feedback@redhookgames.com with the subject line: Mod Showca
Week 1: Mod Showcase2026-03-09The Mod Showcase is back! The Mod Showcase was previously a weekly series that ran from 2020-2021, and highlighted 2 Darkest Dungeon mods per week. We're bringing that format back, and plan to showcase a mod from Darkest Dungeon, and Darkest Dungeon II every 2 weeks. If you’re a mod maker, and would like to see your work featured, or if you know of an underrated mod you think we should showcase, please fill in this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rTpUoFNPv9xmDDax7 You can submit up to 3 mods for each game. If you are unable to access Google, then please email your suggestions to us at feedback@redhookgames.com with the subject line: Mod Showca
Darkest Dungeon Celebrates 10 Years!2026-01-20On January 19 we celebrated 10 years since Darkest Dungeon's 1.0 release. To mark the occasion, Red Hook co-founders Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman wrote the following message to thank the Darkest Dungeon community:We’ll be celebrating the anniversary on our social media channels over the next few weeks. Yesterday we asked everyone to share their most memorable Darkest Dungeon battle. You can read the responses and add your own on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram and X!Darkest Dungeon Community Showcase The 10th Anniversary Darkest Dungeon Community Showcase video is live now on Youtube. Last month we put out a call for any Darkest Dungeon fan a
Darkest Dungeon II - Steam FREE WEEKEND on now!2025-08-28It’s our first ever FREE WEEKEND!Darkest Dungeon II is FREE to play now on Steam from August 28-September 1 at 10am PT.This is the perfect opportunity to play both our Confessions and Kingdoms modes, including our newest Kingdoms module, Curse of the Court, that was released today. 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. Note: All the progress you make during the free weekend will be preserved should you wish to purchase the game. Get Darkest Du
Darkest Dungeon Update - Build 261862025-07-29Hello everyone! We have just pushed the changes that have been sitting on our coming_in_hot branch live.Those changes include:Another fix for the Colour of Madness loot window bugLocalization files should now use colors from the colors folder - This is only mod related and needs to be checked by modders if it works as they need to.We have reverted our previous work surrounding the Trinkets expansion as it was not functioning as intended.
Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_Hot Build2025-06-25Greetings Hamlet Dwellers!Fixes:Another fix for the Colour of Madness loot window bugLocalization files should now use colors from the colors folder - This is only mod related and needs to be checked by modders if it works as they need to.We have reverted our previous work surrounding the Trinkets expansion as it was not functioning as intended.
Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_Hot Build 261862025-06-05Greetings Hamlet Dwellers!We have a new update for you to test. This update contains the following:A fix for the Colour of Madness loot window bugFixes for some Steamdeck issues that had been reportedWe have also have increased the trinket limit from 999 to 9 999!
DARKEST DUNGEON UPDATE - BUILD: 258072025-04-30A new build has been deployed to retail! We have been working over the past several months to get a unified binary to all our storefronts. With this release, we're happy to report that EGS, GOG, and Steam are now all on the same binary and the 64bit has been released to all. We have added a new branch that is public for all to see on Steam called LEGACY, that is the build previous to the new version if you run into issues. That said it's nice to finally have all PC players on the same binary for all the amazing mods people have been working on.
Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_hot Build 258072025-03-04Greetings Hamlet Dwellers! We are pushing a new build to 'coming_in_hot' on Steam for Darkest Dungeon. This build has only a few changes since the original 64-bit build was deployed. Based on reports from you all we have reverted FMOD to the previous version due to the incompatibility it created with many mods, and the unlikely nature that those mods would be updated. While this does re-introduce some rare crashes that can occur, we felt this was the safer course of action given what we are trying to accomplish. We wanted to add a special shout out to Cood Alume (aka Void Slime) from our Discord. He helped us test mods (mostly his own) agains
Darkest Dungeon - Coming_in_hot Build 258072025-02-19Greetings Hamlet Dwellers! We are pushing a new build to ‘coming_in_hot’ on Steam for Darkest Dungeon. This build is the culmination of the past few months as we wanted to do some slight updates to the game to solve some longstanding issues as well as release a 64-bit version of the client. Coming back and working on Darkest Dungeon has been a delight. That said we are very conscious of the robust mod community that has been thriving since principal development has ceased. As such we’ve done our best to ensure that the work we’ve done has not had any adverse impact on the existing mods. A big feature of this work has been in preparing and tes
Darkest Dungeon II - Kingdoms Game Mode + Inhuman Bondage DLC Available Now2025-01-27“This squalid Kingdom, these corrupted lands, they are yours now, and you are bound to them.” Kingdoms, a new FREE game mode for Darkest Dungeon II, along with Inhuman Bondage, a brand new DLC, are both available now on PC and Mac! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940340/Darkest_Dungeon_II/ The Kingdoms game mode was added to Darkest Dungeon II today as a free update! Featuring a completely reimagined game structure, Kingdoms is a parallel game experience to the original Confessions game mode. Players will be tasked with defending the realm from incursions by all-new enemy-factions. Journey across the land in your stagecoach, upgrade your
Darkest Dungeon II: Kingdoms Development Notes2025-01-23Welcome to Darkest Dungeon II: Kingdoms! This release is the result of a year-long grand experiment. In December 2023, we were brainstorming about what interesting things we could add to Darkest Dungeon II. While new heroes and regions are always well received, we were feeling that familiar itch we got when planning out Darkest Dungeon I expansions. Namely, what if we did something…different? Something unexpected or…uncommon. Something that would challenge us as developers, and surprise our players. This creative impulse is the same one that led us to make the enormous Crimson Court, the endless Color of Madness mode, and the out-of-nowhere m
Darkest Dungeon - Steam coming_in_hot Build #258692024-12-12Hello everyone, It’s been a while! We wanted to let everyone know that we have just pushed a new build for Darkest Dungeon to the coming_in_hot branch. The purpose of this build is to get us a step closer to releasing a unified binary to all our storefronts. Some of you may know that our GOG and Epic builds are not the same as what is available on Steam and this build is part of our effort to rectify that situation. This build does NOT contain any other fixes. We’ll keep this build up on the coming_in_hot branch for at least a few weeks to ensure stability. We have been testing many of the popular mods to ensure compatibility, but we want to
Darkest Dungeon Shambler Plushie Available Now!2024-10-01"Behold the infinite malignity of the stars!" The Shambler is available on Makeship NOW! Place your order here: https://www.makeship.com/products/shambler-plushie This plushie is available for a limited time as part of the Makeship Menace event. A total of 1000 Shambler plushies have been pre-stocked for the Makeship Menace event. This means the first 1000 orders will ship out immediately and arrive in time for Halloween.
Darkest Dungeon Leper Plushie Available Now!2024-08-06“Making peace with adversity is the very essence of existence.” Our Leper Plush is available for pre-order on Makeship now: https://www.makeship.com/products/leper-plush This exclusive Darkest Dungeon merch is only available for a limited time! The Leper was voted #1! Earlier this year, we asked the Darkest Dungeon community which hero they would like to see made into a Makeship plushie next, and the Leper won out over the Grave Robber and Jester. We were so happy to design this community favourite with the Makeship team. You have exactly 21 days to place your order. If the Makeship campaign is fully funded by August 27, this plushie is guara
Darkest Dungeon II - New FREE Game Mode 'Kingdoms' Coming in 2024!2024-04-10Introducing Kingdoms - a FREE stand alone campaign game mode coming to Darkest Dungeon II later this year. Watch the Kingdoms announcement trailer below! This new game mode challenges players in a desperate race against the clock to find and defeat a monstrous threat before it overwhelms and destroys the Kingdom. Journey across the land to gather resources and battle evil incursions, all while defending a network of safe haven Inns. Acquired resources are used to upgrade heroes and also the Inns themselves, which can be improved via extensive upgrade trees. Players will embark on unique quest lines and fight back against three new monster fac
Darkest Dungeon II joins The Triple-i Initiative2024-03-28We’re excited to announce that Darkest Dungeon II is participating in The Triple-i Initiative. The Triple-i Initiative is a brand new digital showcase focused entirely on triple-i games. Join us here on Steam April 10th at 10am Pacific for 45 minutes of reveals, announcements & trailers. We have a big announcement planned, so be sure to tune in!