

Dark Fall: The Journal
Darkling Room · December 3, 2013 · Adventure, Point & Click, Horror, Mystery, Atmospheric
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Dark Fall: The Journal price by region
Dark Fall: The Journal costs £0.20 in the United Kingdom, €0.22 in Europe (EUR), $0.28 in the United States, zł1.22 in Poland, $2.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$5.49 in Canada, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, A$6.99 in Australia and R$8.49 in Brazil right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £0.20 −96% | £4.49 | £0.20 | 5 | |
| €0.22 −82% | €1.24 | €0.22 | 15 | |
| $0.28 −77% | $1.20 | $0.28 | 16 | |
| zł1.22 −94% | zł19.99 | zł1.22 | 2 | |
| $2.99 | $2.99 | — | 1 | |
| CA$5.49 | CA$5.49 | — | 2 | |
| NZ$5.99 | NZ$5.99 | — | 1 | |
| A$6.99 | A$6.99 | — | 1 | |
| R$8.49 | R$8.49 | — | 1 |
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About Dark Fall: The Journal
Dark Fall: The Journal is a Myst-style horror adventure where you explore a haunted 1940s train station and hotel to rescue your missing brother while evading an invisible, malevolent presence that stalks your every move. Solve puzzles, communicate with ghosts via Ouija board, and use ghost-hunting gadgets to uncover the mystery of vanished guests and staff, all brought to life with a full cast of actors and immersive sound design best experienced in the dark.
The game is best played in a dark room with your speakers turned up. Unless you're scared, of course.
The Story - many decades ago
The old, abandoned train station at Dowerton hides a history of disappearances, mystery and hauntings. The nearby Station Hotel was once a busy, bustling place for weary travellers to rest and relax...but something went wrong...on the night of April 29th, 1947, the guests and staff vanished without trace, never to be seen again.
The Story - present
You come back from work hoping to get a good night's sleep but then you notice light blinking on your answering machine. It was your brother – an architect redeveloping an old train station and hotel. He called to ask for your help. Alarmed by his frightened voice, cryptic information about some disappearance and strange whispers in the background you board a train without hesitation. From now on your adventure has just begun and soon you will realize that although no one is there, you are not alone...
Key Features
- Explore the haunted hotel and train station, alone at night.
- Use Ghost-Hunting Gadgets to ‘see’ into the past, and hear the dead.
- An eerie, World War 2 setting is fully realised in 3D graphics.
- Use detective skills to uncover secret places and learn long lost secrets.
- Challenge the mind by solving many devious puzzles and enigmas.
- Communicate with ghosts via a Ouijaboard.
- Decypher an ancient, long forgotten, language.
- A non-linear story by Jonathan Boakes, author of The Lost Crown.
- Full cast of actors & sound to bring the haunted location to spooky life!
- Utilise high-tech surveillance equipment, to watch supernatural activity.
- Research local Ghost Stories to learn more about the Dark Fall.
Dark Fall: The Journal — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Dark Fall: The Journal is a point-and-click adventure with a solid spooky atmosphere that appeals to players who enjoy old-school puzzle games and don't mind taking extensive notes, but it suffers from outdated graphics, poor voice acting, confusing puzzle logic that often requires walkthroughs or guesswork, and lacks modern accessibility features like subtitles. The game offers substantial content for a low price, though players should be prepared for era-appropriate design that won't hold their hand and may frustrate those unfamiliar with classic adventure games.
The game aged badly. The graphics are a stab in the eyes, the voice acting is really bad. The gameworld is unconvincing. After quiting the game the process still runs in the background and has to be closed manually. Game removed from library.
Can't really complain, a lot of game play for not much money and lots of challenges to confront. If I had any complaints, it would be that (at least my experience) as the game progressed it became easier - in a lot of instances - to simply guess the solution than spend the time and effort to work out the solution.
the most confusing title that i need a walkthrough for every step i made
had to use gameboomers walkthrough or else i would not have been able to do it. I am quite deaf. This game definitely needs sub-titles.
while the idea of this game is at least pretty solid as a spooky point and click game, i think it falls short of being a good game as you get such a broad set of information and not a lot in terms of getting that information to the puzzle it needs to be at, even finding where the locks are can be tricky as each area gets scanned up and down with the pointer and the sequel doesn't seem to be any better in this regard a lot of viewing spots don't seem to have much purpose, and much of the written information is to further expand on the lore rather than be used on puzzles, but you may have to read it anyway to get a hint, or the information is otherwise useless it does make me wish more games had a system where you could see all the interactable on the screen, like in "dracula origins" as i would have been more invested in getting to the end without the substantial re checking that a puzzle may require so, really wouldn't recommend it unless you just really like checking every screen until something of note is found
Really fun and spooky! Great atmosphere and I loved the puzzles. I have filled pages of my notebook with scribbles that make it look like I'm trying to summon a demon haha. Best kind of game in my opinion! The puzzle logic and navigation may be very jarring for people who aren't familiar with adventure games from this era, I think modern games tend to hold your hand a lot more. Don't expect modern polish and in game notes/tasks keeping. Be patient, keep lots of notes and inspect everything, and you'll be fine. I had to look up some hints as I had missed some interaction prompts, easy to do. But Universal Hint System website saves the day again, without outright spoiling solutions. An excellent and atmospheric creepy masterpiece, yay!
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