Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker

Hailing from the distant windswept dunes of the east, the Shieldbreaker arrives in the Hamlet! Deadly as a viper, her iron will has been forged in the heat of the blazing desert sun. Though outwardly demure…

26 October 2017

What Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker is

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

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hailing from the distant windswept dunes of the east, the Shieldbreaker arrives in the Hamlet! Deadly as a viper, her iron will has been forged in the heat of the blazing desert sun. Though outwardly demure, her emancipation from the barren wastes came at a price so terrible, it haunts her dreams even now...

Description from the publisher · source

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.

What it launched against

Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker launched on 26 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. 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: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Origins, South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker — frequently asked questions

When did Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker come out?

Darkest Dungeon: The Shieldbreaker was released on 26 October 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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