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Darkstone Restoration Demo

Darkstone Restoration is coming soon and can be wishlisted here The cult 1999 action RPG returns - restored by its own creator. In a distant age, the corrupt monk Draak turned against Kaliba, goddess of life and nature, and reshaped himself into a dragon to drown the world in darkness. The only thing that can stop him is the Time Orb — forged from Kaliba's tears, then shattered into seven crystals and hidden across the four lands of Uma. You are the adventurer who must recover the seven crystals, rebuild the Orb, and descend into Draak's lair to end his reign. The DarkStone Restoration Demo is

Release date
June 23, 2026
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Paul Cuisset
Publisher
VectorCell
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Darkstone Restoration is coming soon and can be wishlisted here The cult 1999 action RPG returns - restored by its own creator. In a distant age, the corrupt monk Draak turned against Kaliba, goddess of life and nature, and reshaped himself into a dragon to drown the world in darkness. The only thing that can stop him is the Time Orb — forged from Kaliba's tears, then shattered into seven crystals and hidden across the four lands of Uma.

You are the adventurer who must recover the seven crystals, rebuild the Orb, and descend into Draak's lair to end his reign. The DarkStone Restoration Demo is your free invitation back into the kingdom of Uma — Delphine's beloved 1999 action-RPG, brought back by Paul Cuisset, creator of the original, and forged anew for modern hardware. This isn't a remake. It's a restoration: the same merciless combat, the same hand-crafted gothic atmosphere — rebuilt to feel right on today's PCs without losing what made it special.

Eight heroes. One legend to write. Build your champion from eight characters across four classes — warrior, mage, thief and priest — each with its own strengths, combat style and feel. As you adventure, grow its arsenal and spellbook — dozens of weapons, spells and talents to discover — and carve your path through the ever-changing lands of Uma. Two heroes, one mind — the new Buddy mode.…

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★ 7.0/10GOG · 37 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 2 / 5
I want this game to be successful, but this demo shows that a long road is still in front of the developers in order to…
★ 2 / 5
DarkStone is a fun game. I recommend giving it a whirl. I just can't recommend this version yet over the original. I encountered performance issues…
★ 5 / 5
The creator Paul Cuisset is talking to an artist to remake the original art without the use of AI so don´t jump into the hate…
★ 1 / 5
When I try to leave the starting town I get a black screen and no way to close the game except Alt-Tab and X-ing it…
★ 4 / 5
Taken into considration that this is merely a demo and a showcase of whats to come I would say it has potential to restore this…
★ 4 / 5
The famous classic DarkStone, after long years, finally returns to us through a remaster. Although obviously A.I., it does not diminish the idea. Since it's…
★ 5 / 5
Great ARPG with some original concepts, glad to see it being modernized and ported to work with current hardware. There are still issues that need…
★ 5 / 5
I loved Darkstone when it came out. But it's quite old now so I'm very glad to see it finally getting some love. The quality…

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★ 2 / 5
Demo wont even launch keep getting black screen but what i saw was kinda bare bones remaster right now. feels like i should get it…
★ 3 / 5
Darkstone Restoration is a disappointment because everything it considers new already existed, a product of the Darkstone community, such as: Frame rate correction, widescreen correction…
★ 5 / 5
Played flawlessly on my system, playing with a Dualsense PS5 controller. It was great being able to play a childhood favourite with more modern controls…
★ 3 / 5
As the title says I love the demo, it scrathes an itch from my childhood. And here comes the but. You cant load your saves.…
★ 5 / 5
I loved Darkstone when it came out. But it's quite old now so I'm very glad to see it finally getting some love. The quality…

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