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Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is the first expansion for the award-winning grim and gothic RPG by Red Hook Studios. Crimson Court is a parallel campaign experienced alongside the main Darkest Dungeon…

79 19 June 2017

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an adventure developed by Red Hook Studios, released 19 June 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and iOS.

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What Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an adventure game developed by Red Hook Studios and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Darkest Dungeon is a roguelike role-playing video game developed and published by Red Hook Studios. The game was first released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in January 2016, which followed a year-long early access development period. Later that year, it was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Linux, with a port for iOS being released in 2017, and ports for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One being released by 2018.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Open GL 3.2+ Compliant. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court launched on 19 June 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Tekken 7. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Tekken 7.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court — frequently asked questions

When did Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court come out?
Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court was released on 19 June 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court?
At minimum, Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court needs Open GL 3.2+ Compliant graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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