Against the Dark Watch the trailers
Four heroes fight the Bone King's skeletons in a firelit crypt

Online co-op action RPG · 1–8 players

Carry fire into the dark.

Gather up to seven friends, pick a hero and fight through seven acts of crypts, drowned coasts, glowing caves and frozen peaks. Then see how long you can hold the catacombs in The Long Night, a game of its own.

Coming to Steam · Windows and Linux, the Steam Deck included · Release date to be announced

Built for a night in with friends

One friend hosts and shares a room code. Everyone else joins in seconds and drops in or out whenever they like.

Four heroes fight a crowd of skeletons in the crypt, a wizard's lightning ring blazing beside them

Fight together

Fast, real-time brawling for up to eight players. Every hero brings something the party needs.

Heroes in a dark cave of glowing mushrooms, a frost cloud and a fiery spin cutting through puffkins

Seven acts to light

A story campaign across crypts, coasts, caverns, deserts and mountains, every one darker than the last.

Heroes on a snowy ledge fighting yetis and wolves, fire spells bursting across the snow

Loot for the whole party

Every drop is someone's: gear that changes how your hero looks and fights, and foes that grow with the party.

Two games, one band of heroes

Every hero plays in both. The Long Night comes to Steam first, and the campaign after it.

Three heroes fight a spiked catacomb boss in the Long Night, spells flashing round its burning ring

The Long Night

One night in the catacombs, as long as you can hold it: a fresh hero every run, friends at your back, and the board to beat.

A party of heroes in their gear by the great hearth of the Lantern Inn

Against the Dark: the campaign

The story: seven acts from the Lantern Inn to the end, the towns and the roads between them, with heroes you keep and grow from act to act.

See it in motion

The Long Night

Against the Dark: the campaign

A party under a golden rune circle in a desert tomb, mummies and scarabs pressing inA party in a drowned hall surrounded by skeletal sailors, a fire spell bursting in the middleHeroes fight iron foes in a burning forge deep in a mountain, lava glowing at their feet

Questions

What are the two games?

Against the Dark, the story campaign, and The Long Night, a night in the catacombs that lasts as long as you can hold it. Each is its own game on Steam with the same eight heroes; you don't need one to play the other. The Long Night comes to Steam first, and the campaign after it.

How many people can play Against the Dark?

One to eight players, online. Play solo or with up to seven friends.

Where can I play Against the Dark?

It's coming to Steam, for Windows and Linux, the Steam Deck included. Keyboard and mouse or any gamepad.

When does Against the Dark come out, and what will it cost?

The release date and price haven't been announced yet. Its Steam store page opens soon.

Is Against the Dark suitable for younger players?

It is made for teens: dark fantasy with no gore and no swearing. It hasn't been rated by a ratings board yet.

More questions and answers

The dark is waiting.

The store page opens soon. Until it does, watch the trailers and meet the heroes.

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