Dark and Darker
- 3players
- 30–90 min
- PC
A first-person fantasy dungeon crawl where parties hunt monsters and loot, then must find an exit before rival parties or the closing darkness catch them.
Who can play
- No split-screen on any platform.
- Online for up to 3 players on PC.
- Free to play.
How it plays
A party of up to three picks classes that cover each other, such as a fighter in front, a cleric healing and a ranger at range, and works through dark rooms full of traps and monsters.
Other parties are in the same dungeon, and dying loses everything you carried in, so runs are tense and full of whispered plans.
The base game is free; a paid upgrade adds the high-stakes dungeons, trading, more character slots and private Custom Play rooms.
Only on PC.
Is it good
61%
Mixed on Steam
3k playing on Steam, counted dailySteam Deck Playable
Every way to play together
No split-screen. Online for up to 3 on PC. Free to play. 61% positive of 89,000 Steam reviews.
- 3
Parties of up to three; other parties share the dungeon. Private Custom Play rooms (October 2026, paid upgrade only) run practice dungeons and arena fights; their size is not confirmed.
Quick facts
- Developer
- Ironmace
- Publisher
- IRONMACE
- Platforms
- PC
- Released
- Jun 7, 2024 on PC
- Early access
- Still in early access on Steam
- Controllers
- Partial controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 11 languages
- Age rating
- Mature 17+ (ESRB): Blood, violence
In these lists
Answers
- Does Dark and Darker have couch co-op?
- No. Dark and Darker has no same-screen multiplayer; play it together online instead.
- How many players can play Dark and Darker together?
- Online co-op and versus for up to 3 on PC.
- Do you need two copies of Dark and Darker?
- No. It's free to play.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Can you play the Dark and Darker story together?
- Yes: the main campaign is playable together online.
- Does Dark and Darker work on Steam Deck?
- Yes, with some extra steps: Steam rates it Playable for Steam Deck.
- Is Dark and Darker free?
- Yes, it's free to play.
