{"id":30679,"date":"2026-02-07T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30679"},"modified":"2026-02-07T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:00:37","slug":"dark-quest-remastered-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/modding\/dark-quest-remastered-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Quest Remastered Rolling Out Now On PC And Consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dark Quest: Remastered<\/strong> is out now on PC, via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/342860\/Dark_Quest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steam<\/strong><\/a>, priced at $4.99, as well as <strong>Switch<\/strong>, <strong>Xbox<\/strong>, and <strong>PlayStation<\/strong>, priced at $6.99. It is an updated version of developer <strong>Brain Seal<\/strong>&#8216;s 2015 <strong>Hero<\/strong> <strong>Quest<\/strong>-inspired game that follows shortly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/dark-quest-4-release-date\/\">release<\/a> of <strong>Dark Quest 4<\/strong> in November, 2025. For the first time, <strong>Dark<\/strong> <strong>Quest: Remastered<\/strong> arrives on consoles, modernised from the ground up using the latest engine from <strong>Dark Quest 4<\/strong>, delivering improved visuals, refined gameplay systems, and a new technical foundation while preserving its classic, dark fantasy soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by classic board games and old-school RPGs, <strong>Dark Quest: Remastered<\/strong> delivers strategic, turn-based combat built around meaningful decisions, party management, and a timeless tabletop-inspired fantasy atmosphere. Importantly, existing owners of <strong>Dark<\/strong> <strong>Quest<\/strong> on <strong>Steam<\/strong> will receive <strong>Dark Quest: Remastered<\/strong> as a completely free update, ensuring long-time players can experience the definitive version of the game at no additional cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remastered edition introduces a brand-new 3D perspective engine, enhanced lighting and effects, and refined gameplay balance. Players will discover new spells and items, improved audio design, and overall gameplay polish, resulting in the most complete and definitive version of <strong>Dark<\/strong> <strong>Quest<\/strong> to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key features:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turn-based, grid-based tactical combat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Party-based dungeon crawling<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic fantasy inspired by tabletop adventures<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fully remastered visuals and refined gameplay<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New 3D perspective engine<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional spells, items, and effects<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Dark Quest: Remastered\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4nMv2HosFLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Quest: Remastered is out now on PC, via Steam, priced at $4.99, as well as Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation, priced at $6.99. It is an updated version of developer Brain Seal&#8216;s 2015 Hero Quest-inspired game that follows shortly after the release of Dark Quest 4 in November, 2025. For the first time, Dark Quest: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[239,240,241,242],"class_list":["post-30679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modding","tag-brain-seal","tag-dark-quest","tag-dark-quest-remastered","tag-remaster"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}