{"id":862262,"date":"2025-12-17T02:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dark-and-darker-is-back-on-steam-and-now-its-free-to-play"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:10:22","slug":"dark-and-darker-is-back-on-steam-and-now-its-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dark-and-darker-is-back-on-steam-and-now-its-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark and Darker is back on Steam, and now it&#8217;s free to play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dark-and-darker-is-back-on-steam-and-now-its-free-to-play.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Medieval looter Dark and Darker has finally returned to Steam as an early-access, free-to-play game.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Ironmace confirmed the news at last night&#8217;s Summer Game Fest show, during which it also revealed that the &#8220;unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure&#8221; would be free to play on the Epic Games Store, too.<\/p>\n<p>As a thank you, the team has added a &#8220;massive content update&#8221; which includes the Ice Abyss area, new boss Frost Wyvern, and an all-new Druid class.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dark-and-darker-is-back-on-steam-and-now-its-free-to-play\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dark-and-darker-is-back-on-steam-and-now-its-free-to-play\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medieval looter Dark and Darker has finally returned to Steam as an early-access, free-to-play game. 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