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The Darkside Detective

94% positive of 3,785 Steam reviews

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6.3 h
Released
2017
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, itch.io, Amazon

Made by Spooky Doorway. Published by Akupara Games.

About the game

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Tagged by players

  • Detective
  • Point & Click
  • Supernatural
  • Lovecraftian
  • Mystery
  • Comedy
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Dark Humor
  • Funny
  • Story Rich
  • Retro
  • 1980s

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Cute, fun funny, and bit-size PNC adventures. You get six main "detective cases" and three bonus ones as part of the game. The two main characters (Detective McQueen and his sidekick Officer Dooley) are the same for all of them and you have some recurring NPCs, but otherwise you can play the cases in any order. Each case can take you from 10 to 30 minutes to complete, depending on how much time you pend reading all…

    6.5 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I loved this game. The puzzles were reasonable enough that I never felt like they didn't make sense, but they are also sometimes silly-logic, which I enjoy. I liked the silly little jokes, they are done correctly and sparingly and not in that annoying "every line is a stupid little pun or quip" way. I like the characters, I like the art style of it, and I had to immediately get the sequel game right when I finished…

    5.8 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I really wanted to enjoy this game, but unfortunately I do not. While other reviewers say the game is too easy, which parts of it are really really easy, I personally find some of the solutions don't make sense even if you're reading every bit of dialogue and scanning every room for items. There were a few solutions that I had to find by randomly dragging items in my inventory on top of each other in hopes they…

    4.9 h played when written. 7 found it helpful.

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