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The Dark Room

89% positive of 109 Steam reviews

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Released
2018
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Developers At Large, John Robertson. Published by John Robertson.

About the game

Addictive and vicious retro-styled comedy puzzler chock full of profanity, abuse, unfairness and warped logic. Will You: Go North? Find Light Switch? Cower and whimper like a beaten swine? Make your decision and escape The Dark Room! Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!

Tagged by players

  • Dark Comedy
  • Text-Based
  • Comedy
  • Retro
  • Adventure
  • RPG
  • Puzzle
  • Atmospheric

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    As excellent as the live show, with new content, new paths, and unexpected changes. Off to a marvelous start. Fantastic, bleak, absurdist humor, and a steal at this price. Well-rendered and well-produced, with solid graphics and excellent sound design and audio. Very polished for an Early Access Game and well worth a look. For those familiar with the Dark Room live show - this is just what you'd expect; if you liked…

    26 h played when written. 29 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Excellent good fun and it’s always entertaining to get yelled at by budget Sephiroth Accidentally activated hard mode twice A+ will play again

    24 min played when written. 17 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Good for a laugh, great atmosphere and writing with a very promising direction so far. However, the game is not very long in its current state and updates have become very scarce and there is little to no communication from the devs on any new progress. At full price of ten pounds I cannot recommend it as anything more than a proof of concept until it has more content outside of the same lines and routes from the…

    3 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.

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