Darkest Dungeon II will launch in early access on Epic Games Store next year

Darkest Dungeon’s follow-up Darkest Dungeon II will be released into early access via the Epic Games Store in 2021, developer Red Hook Studios announced Wednesday. The developer dropped a teaser trailer on YouTube called “A Glimmer of Hope.”

“It’s time to face the failures of the past,” Red Hook Studios wrote in the YouTube description. “Lash your gear to the stagecoach, fix your eyes on the horizon, and prepare to roll into Early Access on the Epic Games Store in 2021!”

Players can add Darkest Dungeon II to their Epic Games Store account wishlists now. Like Darkest Dungeon before it, which was released in 2016, Darkest Dungeon II is described as a roguelike, strategy, and RPG game. Of course, it’s got that gothic horror theme just like the first game. In the Epic Games Store description, Red Hook Studios said Darkest Dungeon II will “test your mettle and drive you to the brink of madness.”

Red Hook Studios first announced Darkest Dungeon II in February 2019. At that time, the developers said the game will have the same format, albeit “tuned up,” but also noting that the metagame will be “completely different.”

Source: Polygon