Darkest Dungeon is a gothic roguelike RPG dungeon crawler game, in which the player leads a band of four heroes on a perilous side-scrolling descent through 500 feet below the earth. The game focuses on the psychological stresses of adventuring, as well as physical threats like disease and famine. Not only are there various enemies to fight, but also their mental fortitude must be maintained against an ever-encroaching darkness. Darkest Dungeon asks what emotional toll does a life of adventure take?