Krafton, Inc., a South Korean video game company known for working on titles like PUBG, PUBG Mobile, and The Callisto Protocol, announced its latest upcoming mobile game, Dark and Darker Mobile, back in November 16, 2023, during an international gaming event called G-STAR. The game will be a mobile version of Dark and Darker, a fantasy PC game developed by South Korean indie studio, IRONMACE that was gradually released to Steam in 2023.
Dark and Darker Mobile first announced its soft launch via a post on the game’s official X (formerly Twitter) account on January 16, 2025. The post calls forth all “adventurers,” telling them “we’ll be waiting for you in the dungeons. It originally stated that the game would launch soft in Canada, but Krafton recently decided to include the USA as well.
The good news was shared via another post on X. Krafton shared that the company had listened to American voices and decided to “bring Dark and Darker Mobile’s soft launch to the USA, joining Canada in this initial phase.” The post attributes much of Dark and Darker Mobile’s fast-paced progress to supporters in North America, from whom the game eagerly anticipates insights.
Like the original Dark and Darker, Dark and Darker Mobile will feature elements of dungeon crawling, PvPvE combat, and survival mechanics. This dark fantasy extraction shooter introduces players to dungeons filled with traps, monsters, and treasures that all work together to create a medieval-inspired atmosphere. While exploring these dungeons, players will be thrown into combat with fellow players and AI-controlled enemies. Their goal is to gather loot and extract successfully before being killed. Dark and Darker Mobile offers a class system with fighters, rogues, wizards, and clerics, each of which have different effects on gameplay.
Anyone interested in participating in Dark and Darker Mobile’s North American soft launch can access the game for free via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Get ready to embark on “the adventure of lifetime!”