Planned Release Date: To be announced

About This Game

Unknown Darkness is a story-driven tactical RPG blending turn-based combat, deck-building, and roguelite progression inside a world inspired by Lovecraftian cosmic horror. As the commander of a covert agency formed after WWI, you must investigate otherworldly threats, manage your operatives, and hold humanity together as the Chaos Meter rises.

SHAPE YOUR OWN PLAYSTYLE

Create unique squads and send them into the unknown. Customize each operative into different playstyles, unlock new builds, and refine your strategy until they inevitably fall to the horrors waiting in the dark.
Experiment, upgrade, adapt, and survive.

COMMAND YOUR BASE

Your base is the heart of your campaign. Recruit new agents, restore their sanity, treat conditions, and tailor their roles to fit your strategy. Research forbidden knowledge, interrogate captured cultists, and uncover the truth behind their twisted plans. Every decision shapes the strength and survival of your teams.

• Recruit and rotate strike squads
• Manage injuries, sanity, and various conditions
• Unlock base buildings and improvements
• Conduct research and investigations
• Customize and upgrade your weapons

TACTICAL TURN-BASED COMBAT

Combat blends tactical positioning with a large, ever-growing set of cards, relics, and weapons. Build your deck, plan your actions, use the environment, and push your squad to their limits to survive brutal encounters.

• 4 classes, 16+ subclasses
• 250+ cards including powerful legendaries
• 50+ relics and weapons
• Unique enemies, elites, and multi-phase boss fights
• Cover, hazards, and environmental interactions

DUNGEON CRAWLING

Each mission plays like a self-contained roguelite run. Explore hostile regions, encounter strange NPCs, discover merchants, and face branching story events where your decisions have real consequences, sometimes permanent ones.

• Random events with multiple outcomes
• Hidden rooms, secrets, and rare encounters
• Risk and reward decision making
• Campaign-wide consequences

A BRANCHING NARRATIVE FROM PROFESSIONAL WRITERS

Your campaign is shaped by fully written story arcs, historically grounded characters, and meaningful dialogue choices. Uncover the origins of the cults, the cosmic horrors behind them, and the fate that awaits the world.

• Branching storylines and ending variations
• Dice-based narrative checks influenced by your squad
• Rich lore expanding on classic cosmic horror themes

A UNIQUE VISUAL IDENTITY

Unknown Darkness features original creature designs, hand-drawn illustrations, and a switchable perspective that brings tension and mystery to every scene. The soundtrack is composed by an artist with experience in games, TV, and film.

A HYBRID EXPERIENCE FOR FANS OF…

If you enjoy:
• XCOM for squad and base management
• Slay the Spire and Monster Train for deck-building
• Darkest Dungeon for sanity and tension
• Eldritch Horror for cosmic terror
• Baldur’s Gate 3 for choices and consequences

This will be your next obsession.

HUMANITY IS LOSING. YOU ARE ITS LAST HOPE.

The Chaos Meter rises every day. Horrors spread unseen. Your agents begin to break.
Only a commander with insight, discipline, and a little luck can hold back the tide.

The darkness is coming. Lead your people through it, or lose them to it.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

"Unknown Darkness" contains mature content, including scenes of violence, gore, and depictions of blood and killing. Viewer discretion is advised. This game may not be suitable for all audiences. Please consider this content warning before playing.