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Dark And Darker Gold now. If you missed out on valuable playtest time and want to get a headstart on the competition for next time, Ironmace has put together a handy cheat guide to get you started. Otherwise, make sure you’re up-to-date on the Dark and Darker system requirements, as well as whether the fantasy game is Steam Deck verified, so you’re ready for the Dark and Darker release date when it finally arrives. With this much popularity early on, we could be witnessing the development of one of the best PC games this year.
Following a lawsuit against developer Ironmace due to alleged similarities with an unannounced game (currently entitled P3) from Dark and Darker‘s former publisher, Nexon, the game was removed from several storefronts, including Steam. Despite this, as well as an alleged police raid, Ironmace has remained adamant that the game would still release.
On Monday, August 7, the Dark and Darker team confirmed in the game’s Discord that it has found a distributor for the game: Chaf Games. This has been confirmed by developer ‘Graysun,’ who writes “Chafgames is our official partner and they are also helping us prepare. Thank you!”
A screenshot of a Dark and Darker developer confirming the game's new publisher. At the time of writing, the game is now available for purchase via Chaf Games’ website, with the standard edition coming in at $35, and the Founders Edition at $50. The latter allows you to become a ‘Trailblazer,’ which seems to grant you access to future content – specifically dungeons.
Dark and Darker is currently listed as ‘coming soon’, as shown in the image of the official listing, buy Darker Gold screenshotted by PCGamesN.Several Reddit threads warn of downloading third-party clients claiming to be the game’s launcher, which Graysun has also debunked. They make reference to a “Dark and Darker launcher,” implying that the game will have its own downloadable client.
Following rumors that the game would launch in early access today (August 7), Ironmace CEO Terrance Park confirmed this to be true in a statement to PCGamer, where he also notes that Chaf Gaming is simply the distribution storefront, not the game’s new publisher.