Red Hook Studios has announced that the Darkest Dungeon board game, which was being manufactured and shipped out by Mythic Games, can no longer be produced. This leaves those without their orders out of luck.
On the Darkest Dungeon social media account, the development team provided a lengthy apologetic statement to fans, explaining the situation and writing that Mythic Game’s inability to produce these products as “disappointing”.
The full statement reads: “As many of you know, the financial situation at Mythic Games has been strained for the past several years. We have been keeping an eye on the situation, hoping for the best. Unfortunately, at this point, Mythic Games is no longer able to manufacture or deliver the Darkest Dungeon board game.
“We put our trust in Mythic Games to deliver on their promises and uphold the Darkest Dungeon name. We won’t mince words, their collapse and inability to fulfill Wave 2 orders is an enormously disappointing development and we know it deeply affects many Darkest Dungeon fans.
“Recently, we were contacted by an ex-Mythic employee who asked for our blessing to distribute the project files to all backers. While we at Red Hook don’t own or control the board game files themselves, we were happy to give our permission for our copyrighted material within those files to be distributed to backers for non-commercial use.
“All backers should have now received an email from the board game campaign which outlines the situation. This email also contains a link to all game files, including files of the rules, 3D models and more, for you to download.
“We understand that nothing can replace the experience of receiving the full boardgame. Unfortunately, Red Hook has neither the board game manufacturing expertise nor have we had the ability to divert funds of the scale required to remove whatever obstacles Mythic has faced without endangering our own operations.
“We only hope that this final gesture can be a silver lining in an otherwise disappointing situation. NOTE: If you are a backer, and are having trouble finding this email, please search your inbox and spam folders for a message from the following address: darkestdungeonrescuefiles@gmail.com”
The Darkest Dungeon board game, which was a Kickstarter campaign launched in October 2021, attracted 28,842 backers and a total of $5,657,479. However, Mythic Games underwent significant financial turmoil in recent years, eventually was condemned to compulsory liquidation in late 2025. The Darkest Dungeon board game wasn’t the only product impacted by this, with similar problems hitting the Anastyr and Monsterpocalypse board games.
