--- title: "Darkest Dungeon — Belly Score 9.3 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/darkest-dungeon description: "Darkest Dungeon gets a Belly Score of 9.3/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: Darkest Dungeon (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/01d214eb8_DarkestDungeon.png) # Darkest Dungeon Belly Score 9.3 Platform Windows: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/windows, macOS: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/macos, Linux: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/linux, Nintendo Switch: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/nintendo-switch, PlayStation 4: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/playstation-4, PlayStation Vita: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/playstation-vita, Xbox One: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/xbox-one, iPad: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/ipad Genre RPG: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/rpg, Strategy: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/strategy Released Jan 19, 2016: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/2016 Developer Red Hook Studios Publisher Red Hook Studios About Forget the heroic fantasy tropes where your party is invincible. Darkest Dungeon is a brutal, side-scrolling tactical RPG that treats your adventurers like fragile, expendable meat for the grinder. You aren't just managing health bars; you are babysitting the crumbling psyches of flawed heroes as they face eldritch horrors. Between the punishing turn-based combat and the constant threat of permanent death, the game forces you to balance base management with the crushing weight of stress, paranoia, and madness. It is a gorgeous, gothic nightmare that turns the simple act of dungeon crawling into a harrowing test of attrition. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 9.5 2.375 Game Play 20% 9.8 1.960 Controls + Feel 15% 8.5 1.275 Creativity + Originality 10% 9.5 0.950 Presentation 10% 9.5 0.950 Content + Staying Power 10% 9.2 0.920 The Belly Factor 10% 8.8 0.880 Total 100% 9.3 Raw weighted sum 9.310 → rounded to 9.3 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Dark: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/dark Challenging: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/challenging Brutal: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/brutal Unforgiving: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/unforgiving Strategic: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/strategic Atmospheric: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/atmospheric Themes Dark Fantasy: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/dark-fantasy Gothic: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/gothic Monsters: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/monsters Psychological: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/psychological Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### BALDUR'S GATE 3 RPG · Adventure · Strategy PC · PlayStation · Xbox Adventurous Exploratory Discovery-Driven +18 https://bellyscore.com/game/baldur-s-gate-3 9.9 ### Xenogears RPG PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable Sci-Fi Robots / Mechs Psychological +1 Epic Mysterious Thought-Provoking +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/xenogears 9.9 ### Persona 5 Royal RPG · Adventure · Simulation PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC Modern School / Academy Psychological +1 Immersive Strategic Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/persona-5-royal 9.9 ### ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE Action · RPG · Adventure PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S Dark Fantasy Mythology Monsters +1 Adventurous Discovery-Driven Atmospheric +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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