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Darkest Dungeon®
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Darkest Dungeon®

Jan 19, 2016 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 163,254

What the data shows

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 163,798 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 27.6h for positive, 10.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (93.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (126)

story milestone ending side

  • Welcome home... Reach the Estate 100%
  • A sobering visit with the departed... Visit the Graveyard 96%
  • The first of many victories... Complete a quest 94%
  • A rumination, a prayer, and a confession... Treat a hero in the Abbey 80%
  • The first of many has fallen... Lose your first hero 79%
  • A drink, a hand, and a companion... Treat a hero in the Tavern 79%
  • Discretion, my old friend... Abandon a quest 77%
  • The Flesh is Willing Recruit a flagellant 74%
  • The price we pay for sanity... Remove a Quirk in the Sanitarium 68%
  • A strenuous adventure comes to a close... Complete a medium quest 66%
  • And our training begins... Upgrade a Combat skill 66%
  • A collection of treasured antiques... Collect at least 30 heirlooms from a single quest 64%
  • Weeding out the weak... Dismiss your first hero 62%
  • The stresses were unbearable... Lose your first hero to heart attack 59%
  • A Taste Of Madness Complete The First Farmstead Quest 59%
  • The first evil to fall... Slay your first boss 57%
  • Our victories are mounting... Complete 10 quests 54%
  • A killer of striking force and wit... Kill 50 enemies with one hero 51%
  • I've seen every corner of this ruined land... Complete a quest in all four regions 50%
  • Symptoms Get infected by the Crimson Curse 49%
  • And we slew the men who were wicked... Defeat 100 Human enemies 48%
  • It takes more than brawn... Learn a new Camping skill 48%
  • No retreat, no quarter... First party wipe 45%
  • And we slew the abominations that haunteth... Defeat 100 Unholy enemies 45%
  • And we slew the beasts that creepeth... Defeat 100 Beast enemies 43%
  • From Rubble to Rabble Build your first district building 40%
  • Greater riches were never witnessed... Collect at least 20,000 gold from a single quest 40%
  • More than a weary traveler... Walk 500 steps with one hero 40%
  • There Are No Words Defeat the Thing From The Stars 39%
  • And we slew the evils that lurketh... Defeat 100 Eldritch enemies 38%
  • A grueling adventure comes to a close... Complete a long quest 36%
  • We are victorious, but at what cost... Complete 25 quests 35%
  • A Merciful Act Defeat the Miller 34%
  • Fresh Meat Play your first match in the Butcher's Circus 31%
  • A terrifying figure emerged from the darkness... Slay a Shambler 30%
  • Happy Together Collect your first Trinket Set 30%
  • A true champion emerges... Raise a hero to Resolve Level 6 29%
  • Encouragement... Lock a positive Quirk in the Sanitarium 29%
  • An Unexpected Party Collect The Invitation 29%
  • The Blinders Are Lifted Gain the Refracted Affliction 28%
  • Only masterful technique will suffice in battle... Fully upgrade at least four of a hero's skills 27%
  • The fiends must be driven back... Slay 1000 enemies 26%
  • Darkest sentinels... Raise 4 heroes to Resolve Level 6 25%
  • What Strange Bedfellows Contract the Crimson Curse via contagion 25%
  • More blood soaks the soil... Party wipe on a boss 25%
  • Only the finest equipment will endure this torment... Fully upgrade a hero's weapons and armor 24%
  • A veritable crowd... Have one of each class on your roster 24%
  • Jailbreak Rescue someone 24%
  • Tears Lost In The Dust Acquire Mildred's Locket Trinket 24%
  • Twisted and about to break Complete a dungeon with all 4 heroes afflicted 24%
  • Our techniques sharpened to a razor's edge... Fully upgrade the Guild 23%
  • The end of the first year... Reach week 52 22%
  • Our equipment polished to a mirror finish... Fully upgrade the Blacksmith 22%
  • Les Jeux Sont Faits Defeat the Baron 22%
  • A team of hardened veterans... Start a quest with all four heroes of Resolve Level 6 21%
  • Murder of Crows Kill the Shrieker 20%
  • What is already Dead Cannot Die Have a character survive 5 attacks at Death's Door in a single combat 20%
  • We all return to dust... Lose a Legendary (Level 6) hero 19%
  • Pavlovian Trigger trinkets cumulatively 1000 times 17%
  • Beyond The Infinite Defeat the Sleeper 16%
  • Dueling Duo Duelist and Highwayman riposte the same target together 15%
  • Time Is A Flat Circle Kill the Sleeper's Herald With a Riposte 15%
  • Blue Skies Ahead Use The Shard Dust Provision 14%
  • The tavern my Ancestor once saw... Fully upgrade the Tavern 14%
  • The abbey my Ancestor once knew... Fully upgrade the Abbey 13%
  • Just the Cheque Defeat the Viscount 13%
  • In Sheep's Clothing Defeat the brigand Vvulf 13%
  • This Is Nothing Get 100 Kills 12%
  • A Poor Harvest All 4 Heroes Dodge the Miller's Reaping 12%
  • Four on the Floor Kill Squiffy Ghast, Swine Skiver, Bone Bearer and Hateful Virago 12%
  • That'll do, pig... Lose a hero to Wilbur 11%
  • Zealous Accusation Defeat the Fanatic 11%
  • Restored to its former glory... Fully upgrade the Town 10%
  • Expired Lose a hero to Wasting Away from the Curse 9.0%
  • Her Last Dance Defeat the Countess 8.8%
  • Two years of this... Reach week 104 8.8%
  • The Red Hook Build The Red Hook 8.7%
  • The Perfection Duelist ripostes 5 times without being hit in a single fight 8.3%
  • Gnawing hunger sets in... Lose a hero to hunger 8.0%
  • Scare Tactics Cause an enemy hero to have a heart attack 7.5%
  • Entry Level Complete the game on Radiant 7.2%
  • Lone survivor Kill any boss with only one hero remaining 7.2%
  • Lining the Jeweller's Pockets Earn 200 Shards In One Endless Run 7.2%
  • In such haste... Complete the game within 99 Weeks 6.9%
  • Valiant sacrifice... Lose all four heroes on a Darkest Dungeon quest 6.5%
  • A Hollow Reckoning Get 200 Kills 6.3%
  • Naked and Unafraid Win a match without using any trinkets 5.8%
  • Plowshares To Swords Reach Death's Door From Farmhand's Riposte 5.4%
  • Driven from this land... Kill all bosses 5.2%
  • Cooked to Perfection Have Burn on the Hag’s Cauldron deal damage to the hero within 5.1%
  • Dysfunction Kill any boss with a party of four afflicted heroes 5.1%
  • Victory, such as it is... Complete the game 4.9%
  • Strict Mode Complete the game with default difficulty options 4.7%
  • A Memory Of Better Times (And Spaces) Build the Windmill 4.5%
  • Shards Well Spent Collect All of Color of Madness Trinkets 4.5%
  • Bright Lights Daze 10 enemies in the Butcher's Circus 4.3%
  • Like lambs to the slaughter... Start a Darkest Dungeon quest with four heroes of resolve level 0 4.3%
  • Blocked from life... Lose a hero to an obstacle 4.2%
  • Ashes To Ashes Get 300 Kills 4.1%
  • Caretaker Complete all Caretaker Goals 3.9%
  • We return to the worms of the earth... Lose a hero to a Maggot 3.7%
  • Crowd Pleaser Reach the max Prestige level in the Butcher's Circus 3.6%
  • Watch your step... Lose a hero to a trap 3.6%
  • Rogues Gallery Fight Every Wondering Boss in Endless 3.4%
  • MVP Have a single hero deal deathblows to 4 enemies in a single match 3.3%
  • Mono et Mono Win a match in the dueling grounds 3.2%
  • Sentimental relics from our forefathers... Acquire all your Ancestor's Trinkets 3.1%
  • Burnout Have a hero die to burn 3.0%
  • Mine Goes to 11 Kill a Squiffy Ghast with a Jester 2.7%
  • On the old road, we found redemption. Dismas and Reynauld Made it to the final Darkest Dungeon Quest 2.5%
  • Shadows Blur Together Kill an ally while under the Curse 2.3%
  • One and Done Kill an enemy hero in the first round of a match 2.1%
  • Flawless Execution Win any 10 matches without losing any heroes 2.0%
  • Faced Worse Have a Runaway and a Duelist face the Ancestor 1.7%
  • Pipe Dream Lose a Hero Equipped with the Miller's Pipe 1.7%
  • Taking All Challengers Kill each hero class in the Butcher's Circus 1.6%
  • Devil's Luck Have a hero survive 5 death's door checks in a single match 1.6%
  • Pacemaker Have a single hero survive 4 heart attacks in a single match 1.6%
  • World End Complete the game on Stygian 1.6%
  • In The Mouth of Madness Defeat the Sleeper With 2 Afflicted, 2 Virtuous Heroes 1.5%
  • Rainbow's End Lose a Hero Equipped with the Coat of Many Colors 1.5%
  • Shouting Match Win a match using ONLY stress against your enemies 1.4%
  • Blood Cult Have your entire roster affected by the crimson curse 1.3%
  • Be Still My Heart! Cause 150 heart attacks in the Butcher's Circus 1.1%
  • Blood Soaks the Sand Win 100 matches in the Butcher's Circus 1.1%
  • Blood Flood Kill 600 enemies in the Butcher's Circus 1.0%
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