

There are many factors that slowly break a hero’s resolve, and left unchecked might even prompt a mental disorder. While surviving physical encounters is challenging enough, it’s the mental stress that really takes its toll. Once the primary quest conditions are completed, they can return home with their loot, increasing progress bars in the region and unlocking more challenging quests for future attempts.

While inside, they’ll search chests, disarm traps, and facing enemies like adventurers do. Gameplay revolves around RPG-inspired dungeon crawls, where you choose a procedurally-generated quest, purchase provisions, and send your heroes into the a series of side-scrolling chambers.

In terms of execution, Darkest Dungeon‘s mechanics are fairly straightforward.
