![]() So we asked Red Hook’s Tyler Sigman all about it. But DD II also has some intriguing elements of player controversy over its new direction. This is impressive in a world where sequels aren’t always easy to get right. Its gameplay loop is engaging and fun, & while some don’t dig the shift to roguelike, others v.much do: “not the same thing as DD1, but just as fun and challenging”.”ĭD II launched at 600k Steam wishlist balance - and around 35k Steam followers. “ Darkest Dungeon II … from Red Hook Studios had a better than expected debut, with 23,700 CCU (surpassing the original’s CCU peak of 19,300 users), and 3,400+ Mostly Positive reviews. As we narrated for our paid Plus subscribers on its week of release: Īnd when Darkest Dungeon II hit 1.0 on EGS and made it to Steam for the first time on May 8th, 2023, with a price adjustment to $40, it quickly broke big. The sequel - which switches up the original game’s formula in a few key ways - was a strong seller among non-AAA EGS ‘timed exclusives’, selling an impressive 300,000+ units on Epic Games Store at $30 during the 18-month Early Access period, according to a recent interview with the Red Hook team. So when the sequel released on Epic Games Store in Early Access form in October 2021, many wondered - how would the team follow it up, especially given the OG Darkest Dungeon has “multiple years of free updates & paid DLC improving it, including all the quality-of-life elements that result”, as Sigman comments. ![]() In some ways, this was surprising - Red Hook’s co-founder and game design director Tyler Sigman jokes to us: “Our logline of ‘a game about the psychological stresses of adventuring’ never felt like a surefire widespread hit to us!” The title - which now has 5.2 million players on Steam, according to data Red Hook shares below - has been one of the biggest ‘grimdark’ Steam games of the last decade. If you don’t know Red Hook Studios’ original ‘gothic turn-based RPG’ Darkest Dungeon, which debuted on Steam Early Access in January 2015, we’d be surprised. Darkest Dungeon II: a hit with focused ‘differences’ While we await the blessed moment when ‘hot game scopps’ rain down upon us all like confetti at a Flo Rida-guesting bar mitzvah, we have lots of game discoverability data and insight for you all - starting with a look at the data behind a hit sequel. What’s going to be the most surprising comeback of the summer*? (*That isn’t Tim Langdell’s ‘Edge ’?) Let’s all wait and see… ![]() ![]() This sounds like the developers may be taking some inspiration from similar journey-based strategy games like Slay the Spire or FTL: Faster Than Light, which were also critically and commercially successful indie titles.We can feel it, folks: Hype O’Clock - aka the ‘not E3’ reveals of myriad new PC and console video games - are almost fully upon us. A literal journey, by the way - fans' favorite warriors will be leaving The Manor either in search of some beacon of hope, or to escape the horrors forever. One thing fans do know is that unlike the original game, which had a foreboding atmosphere of doom and gloom in a single setting, the sequel will be more like a journey of hope. Other than the returning characters, a tweaking of the art style (they're going 3D, boys!), and the wonderful news that voice actor Wayne June will once again be gracing gamers with his gravitas as The Narrator, the game developers at Red Hook are keeping details "close to the chest". RELATED: 'Slay the Spire' Mobile Review: Just as Addicting (and Infuriating) on Android as It Is on PC/ConsoleĪs to what the game will be about? Very few details are known. ![]()
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