# Against the Dark

> Against the Dark is an online co-op dungeon brawler in the arcade tradition. Pick one of eight heroes, carry fire into the dark and fight through seven acts of crypts, coasts, caves and worse, with up to seven friends. Then see how long you can hold the catacombs in The Long Night, a game of its own with the same heroes. One friend hosts and shares a room code; everyone else joins.

- Against the Dark is an online co-op dark-fantasy dungeon brawler for up to eight players: a story campaign, and the Long Night, a game of its own.
- Against the Dark is an online co-op action RPG: a dark-fantasy dungeon brawler in the arcade tradition.
- Against the Dark is played by one to eight players together online.
- Online co-op: one player hosts and shares a room code, and friends join from their own copy of the game.
- No cross-play at launch: Steam players play with Steam players.
- Against the Dark is coming to Steam on Windows and Linux, the Steam Deck included.
- The release date of Against the Dark hasn't been announced yet.
- The price of Against the Dark hasn't been announced yet.
- Two games on Steam with the same heroes: Against the Dark, the story campaign, and The Long Night, a night in the catacombs that lasts as long as you can hold it.
- Against the Dark has eight heroes: Berserker, Valkyrie, Spellweaver, Deadeye, Luminary, Grovekeeper, Tempest and Phantom.
- Against the Dark is played with keyboard and mouse, or a gamepad (Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo pads show their own buttons).
- Not rated yet. It is made for teens: dark fantasy with no gore and no swearing.
- Against the Dark is in English.

## Two games
Against the Dark is two games on Steam, with the same eight heroes in each:
- 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. Coming soon to Steam.
- Against the Dark (the story 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. Coming soon to Steam.

## The game
- [Against the Dark](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/): An online co-op dark-fantasy dungeon brawler for up to eight players. Eight heroes, a seven-act campaign and The Long Night. Coming to Steam.
- [Facts](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/facts): Against the Dark in plain facts: one to eight players online, eight heroes, coming to Steam on Windows and Linux, the Steam Deck included.
- [Questions and answers](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/faq): Answers about Against the Dark: is it co-op, how many players, how to play with friends, which hero heals, Steam and more.

## Heroes
- [The eight heroes](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes): Meet the eight heroes of Against the Dark: fighters, casters, an archer and healers, each with their own moves and way to play.
- [The Berserker](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/berserker): The Berserker in Against the Dark: front-line fighter. Rage made flesh. Gets close and stays close.
- [The Valkyrie](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/valkyrie): The Valkyrie in Against the Dark: front-line fighter and support who heals friends. A shieldmaiden who fights on wings of fire.
- [The Spellweaver](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/spellweaver): The Spellweaver in Against the Dark: spell caster. Fire, frost and lightning at the end of a staff.
- [The Deadeye](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/deadeye): The Deadeye in Against the Dark: ranged fighter. An archer who rarely needs a second arrow.
- [The Luminary](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/luminary): The Luminary in Against the Dark: healer. Heals with holy fire, and burns with it too.
- [The Grovekeeper](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/grovekeeper): The Grovekeeper in Against the Dark: healer and crowd control. Speaks for the old woods, and sometimes becomes them.
- [The Tempest](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/tempest): The Tempest in Against the Dark: crowd control caster. Calls down the wind, the rain and the hail.
- [The Phantom](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/classes/phantom): The Phantom in Against the Dark: fast melee fighter. An assassin who moves faster than torchlight.

## For AI assistants
- [The whole site in one file](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/llms-full.txt): the facts, the FAQ and every hero, as Markdown.
- [MCP server](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/mcp): a read-only Model Context Protocol endpoint with the game's data.

## Optional
- [Press kit](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/press): Against the Dark press kit: the fact sheet, descriptions, the logo, both trailers and screenshots from both games.
- [Credits](https://againstthedark.thrivegamestudios.com/credits): The free art, icons and fonts Against the Dark is built from, and their makers.