Dead of Darkness

Dead of Darkness

Retrofiction Games · January 23, 2025 · Survival Horror, Horror, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Action-Adventure

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Dead of Darkness price by region

Dead of Darkness costs £13.49 in the United Kingdom, €15.49 in Europe (EUR), $15.99 in the United States, $15.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$19.99 in Canada, A$20.99 in Australia, NZ$20.99 in New Zealand, R$39.99 in Brazil and zł63.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Dead of Darkness offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £13.49 £13.49 — 1
Europe (EUR) €15.49 €15.49 — 1
United Statesyour region $15.99 $15.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $15.99 $15.99 — 1
Canada CA$19.99 CA$19.99 — 1
Australia A$20.99 A$20.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$20.99 NZ$20.99 — 1
Brazil R$39.99 R$39.99 — 1
Poland zł63.99 zł63.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Dead of Darkness

✦ AI summary

Dead of Darkness is a 1985-set survival-horror adventure where private investigator Miles Windham arrives on mysterious Velvet Island to solve his daughter's death, only to find himself hunted by hostile residents and stalked by grotesque creatures while his sanity deteriorates. The game stands out through its cosmic horror atmosphere, resource scarcity, mental deterioration system that warps reality itself, and intricate multi-character narrative where detective work and environmental clues unlock the island's dark secrets.

In 1985 England, private investigator Miles Windham follows a lead on the mysterious death of his daughter that takes him to Velvet Island. But once he arrives on the island, he soon realizes that the residents are behaving strangely. In fact, there is a growing hostility towards the investigator that feels as though it is becoming stronger by the minute. It doesn't take long until the situation escalates and Miles finds himself in a struggle for his own survival.

Dead of Darkness is a survival-horror action-adventure with cosmic horror influences.

Key features

Complex, multi-layered narrative. Meet more than 15 characters over the course of the game - each with their own story that revolves around the terrible secrets of Velvet Island.

Challenging survival-horror. Resources are scarce, your inventory is limited, and danger lurks around every corner. Plan your routes carefully if you want to survive.

Intense hallucinations. Each enemy encounter takes a toll on your mental state. The lower your mental state, the stronger the hallucinations you will experience - some will even blur the distinction between reality and fiction.

Relentless enemies. 13 different enemies are hungry for your flesh, and some of them will stalk you relentlessly. Fight them, run from them, or use your wits to outsmart them.

Become a detective. Search your environment, inspect items and read documents in order to unlock clues. Use these clues to reveal hidden troves or unlock secret passageways.

Dead of Darkness — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Dead of Darkness is a survival horror pixel game that players praise for its atmospheric design, engaging original story despite familiar inspirations, and thoughtful map system that tracks unexplored areas. However, the game suffers from slow plot pacing in early locations, unpause-able menus that leave players vulnerable during inventory management, excessive backtracking reminiscent of older Resident Evil games without the same skill-based evasion mechanics, and some complaints about voice acting and art quality.

Recommended Aug 14, 2026
Worth the price. I have always wanted to play a survival horror pixel games (just missing and RPG survival horror now), and lives up to it. There are some recurring themes from big sagas, but somehow manages to have something original and engaging. Sequel? I believe this game have everything to set up a new series, all my best wishes to the devs if that is what they are aiming for. Downsides: I would say are that a lot of the lore stays as a mystery and that's good but i do feel like the first two location of the game barely provides information about what is going on, those locations are not bad at all, it is used to set up the atmosphere but again I felt like the plot moves slow in comparison for whats to come later on. A gameplay downside? Hmm not really i think i only hated when sometimes i would aim at one direction but due to a small movement of the joystick it would shoot at a different direction.
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Not recommended Jul 5, 2026
The art isn't very good, the voice actors aren't very good - the game isn't very good. The cistern, the "trapped in your mind" section, the overall plot and writing. Not great.
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Not recommended Sep 3, 2026
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 gun. Old Resident Evil games gave invincibility frames on picking up items, which is necessary to dodge / avoid hits. They also had a way into bait enemies to attacking you, if you were skilled enough, you could avoid the hit, and then run past them during their animation. This game has none of that, and the enemies gravitate towards your location as soon as you load into the next room. This is a very tedious game, and its so long too, I kept clicking my tongue and giving a frustrated sigh when I had to go into yet another giant mansion like area, full of annoying monsters, and rooms locked with different flavors of keys. The difficulty is all over the place on "moderate". You're either given far too much ammo, or not enough when the game spawns excessive amounts of enem…
Recommended Aug 18, 2026
ill write more later but wow this is fantastic
Recommended Aug 4, 2026
its a nice game
Recommended Jul 24, 2026
GREAT SUPRISE ! i loved the game had a great time playing it ,and i liked checking the map where the place will stay red if you didn't gather all the stuff it gave me an ease of mind ^-^ , if you read my comment and you love survival horror play it now !

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