Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition Steam Digital Key

A gothic tale of dread and attrition

Darkest Dungeon: is a turn based strategy RPG from Red Hook Studios, first released on 3 February 2015. It sends a rotating roster of afflicted heroes into a crumbling estate, where light, stress and sanity matter as much as hit points. The hand drawn, gothic art style and unflinching tone set it apart from tidier fantasy strategy games.

As an indie title with strategy and RPG roots, it rewards careful party building and a willingness to lose heroes along the way. Fans of turn based tactics and grim storytelling will find plenty to chew on here.

What the Ancestral Edition contains

This edition gathers the base game with its full soundtrack and every piece of downloadable content released for Darkest Dungeon:, so there is nothing further to track down separately.

• Darkest Dungeon: base game
• The original soundtrack, 25 tracks
• The Crimson Court DLC
• The Shieldbreaker DLC
• The Color of Madness DLC
• The Butcher's Circus DLC

How this listing works

This is a Steam key for the Global region, meaning it activates worldwide once redeemed on Steam. After activation, Darkest Dungeon: and all its included content sit permanently in the buyer's own Steam library.

The game runs on Windows and Mac, is rated PEGI 12, and is presented in English. If you would rather buy the base game on its own, the Standard edition is also available, and the score can be picked up separately as the Soundtrack edition.

For strategy and RPG fans

Darkest Dungeon: sits comfortably alongside other strategy games and RPG games on Steam, and its stark art direction and punishing design make it a fixture among indie games worth knowing. Browsing the wider range of Steam keys is a good way to see how it compares with similar titles.