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Dead of Darkness

86% positive of 207 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by Retrofiction Games.

About the game

Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Survival Horror
  • Isometric
  • Narrative
  • Psychological Horror
  • Horror
  • Inventory Management
  • Action-Adventure
  • Story Rich
  • Top-Down
  • Atmospheric
  • Pixel Graphics

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    This is a really good game. I find the horror element is pretty well done, it focuses mainly on atmospheric horror with a few jump scares here and there. The lore is very interesting. There are lots of areas in the game where your visibility is reduced significantly and get left to wonder the darkness which produce a very specific forms of terror (not recommended for peole with claustrophobia). There are also lots…

    20 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Dead of Darkness is a solid survival horror title that captures the atmosphere, and gameplay loop of the classics in an art style that gives me 2D Zelda vibes. The story and characters are well written, barring some awkward dialogue that probably has more to do with English not being the dev's first language and less to do with the writing quality. Voice acting is mostly good, especially Miles' VA. My only problems…

    13 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Another Resident Evil clone that thinks excessive backtracking and finding keys is what makes RE so good. All of the other negative reviews state a common problem, there's no pause in any of the menus' outside of the pause menu. This makes you take hits unnecessarily when you're trying to check your map, because each area has 10 different rooms per hallway, using a key to open a door, or even trying to reload your…

    6 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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