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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2026
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A lot of games wear "lovecraftian horror" on their sleeve - they borrow some squid monsters and a wobbly screen effect for a sanity meter and call it a day.
Darkest dungeon does not do this - its mechanics are all geared towards creating tense moments of player fear; the slowly unwinding story played blind gives a feeling of genuine cosmic unease. It embodies Lovecraftian horror in a videogame - not the cheap jumpscare, but that ever lingering unease at a universe that cares not (the rng in this game specifically hates you, but will rarely surprise you with a genuine miracle).
This is a game heavily refined over years with outstanding visuals and audio - the storytelling has a genuinely organic feel. It even runs on a potato; there is only one bit of bad news really...
Ruin has come to our family.
Thanks to this comment I have spent time browsing the TVTropes page for Darkest Dungeon, a game I'll never play because I'm super squeamish, bad with horror, and at this moment in time averse to media that's super dark in theme. Enjoyable TVTropes page, probably great art, even if it's super not for me.