Dark and Darker
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Ironmace | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 5[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Early access |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Free-to-play |
| Microtransactions | Boost, Currency |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Themes | Fantasy |
Dark and Darker is a multiplayer first-person action and RPG game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | ||||
| Epic Games Store | ||||
| Developer website |
Playtests
- The developers open free playtests to the public usually during steam events.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Free-to-play | The game is free to play with microtransactions |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Boost | different species and account legendary status can be bought with premium currency |
| Currency | Premium currency can be bought for real money |
| Infinite spend | There doesn't seem to be a limit on the amount of currency you can buy |
| Player trading | There appears to be a trading component only accessible 72 hours after gaining legendary status |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\DungeonCrawler\Saved\Config\Windows |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2016590/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2016590/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| Steam Cloud | Player data reset after playtests. |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Supported natively. Hor+ FOV. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Low, Medium, High, Epic, and FXAA / TAA as anti-aliasing options. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | FSR 2, DLSS 3.1, XeSS 1.3, TAAU, TSR Everything except TAAU is limited to Performance and Quality presets, and FSR isn't available on an RX 590[1] |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | FPS Slider is used. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | In-game FPS slider goes 30-400, Menu FPS slider goes 30-100. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Two buttons are mappable per action | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Invert X-axis also available | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Menus are partially navigatable and offer prompts whenever available, gameplay works fine but uses keyboard prompts. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Maps keyboard keys. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | Menu only | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
|---|
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Total, Effect, and Music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | toggleable | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 16 | Versus |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11, 12 | The default is 12. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Wwise | |
| Multiplayer | Epic Online Services |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10, 11 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Quad Core CPU | 3.6 GHz Quad Core CPU | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 15 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video Radeon RX 580 with 4GB of video DirectX 11 compatible | GeForce RTX Radeon RX5600 DirectX 12 compatible |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.3.2.0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2016590) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mine18 on 2024-07-07
- Tested on an rx 590, TSR and XeSS and TAAU are available but not FSR.