Summary
Dark and Darkerhas been delisted from the Epic Games Store. The unfortunate event happened on the heels of a lawsuit that accusesDark and Darkerdeveloper Ironmace of misappropriating Nexon’s assets during the game’s development.
Dark and Darkerwas originally released in 2023 for PC and mobile platforms. Set in a dark fantasy world, the game is a first-person dungeon-crawler RPG with extraction elements. In it, players can pick between ten different classes and can fight either monsters or each other to obtain valuable loot and to maintain their survival. Back in December 2024,Dark and Darker - Legendary Statuswas offered on the Epic Games Storeas one of the free mystery games of the month.
Now, developer Ironmace has revealed thatDark and Darkerhas been delisted from the Epic Games Store. According to a Discord post (via PCGamesN), the EGS decided to delist the title after “claims made by opposing parties in an ongoing legal dispute.” Ironmance is likely referring to thelawsuit Nexon aimed atDark and Darkerin South Korea. In this legal case, Ironmace is being accused of copyright infringement and of appropriating assets that belonged to Nexon and using them in the game. While the court dismissed copyright infringement claims, Ironmace was recently made to pay around $5.7 million in damages to Nexon due to using stolen assets from a canceled project calledP3, which had some of the same developers as the title created by Ironmace.
Dark and Darker Delisted From the Epic Games Store
In any case, while the standard version ofDark and Darkercan no longer be played on the Epic Games Store,Dark and Darker - Legendary Status’s page is still working at the time of this report. The reason for that may be linked to the fact thatDark and Darkeris a F2P game, whileDark and Darker - Legendary Statusis a paid expansion, and was given out to many EGS users recently. Steam players also currently have access to the game, though it’s unknown if the title will be delisted sometime in the future.
Unfortunately, it seems that the future ofDark and Darkerremains at risk after this lawsuit. With the recentrelease ofDark and Darker Mobilein the US, it seemed that 2025 would be an excellent time for the popular extraction RPG, but the title may face more tribulations during the rest of the year. It remains to be seen how this will affect its development and availability.
