The Darkness Below

The Darkness Below is a single-player dungeon crawler set in a handcrafted fantasy world. You explore using first-person grid movement and fight in fast, turn-based combat. Its interconnected world spans villages, cities, wilderness, towers and multi-level dungeons, with more than 40 maps and more than 40 main and side quests.

Explore the world

You can recruit NPC companions with distinct combat roles and interact with objects such as levers, locks, traps, banners and secret mechanisms. Local and world maps, along with completion tracking, help you follow your exploration.

Build your characters

The game offers 15 races with selectable subraces and 7 professions, each shaping long-term character growth. More than 30 skills improve through use and can also be developed with specialized trainers. Characters advance through five expertise tiers: Initiate, Apprentice, Adept, Master and Grandmaster, and more than 50 feats let you refine your build.

Challenge checks inspired by D&D can be passive or active. You allocate spell slots and manage elemental damage and resistances, as well as 8 battle conditions, including Poisoned, Maddened and Cursed.

Fight and cast spells

More than 50 monsters have custom actions and tactical behaviors. You can learn from more than 40 spells across multiple elements and expertise tiers. Combat rewards preparation, with character progression and tactical choices shaping how you face encounters.

Find and shape equipment

The game includes more than 300 handcrafted base items and 50 enchantment types. Dynamic magical item generation combines these enchantments to create thousands of equipment combinations. Handcrafted relics are placed throughout the world and tied to quests and specific locations.