

Dead of Darkness
Retrofiction Games · January 23, 2025 · Survival Horror, Horror, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Action-Adventure
Buy Dead of Darkness from Steam at $15.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.
Where to buy Dead of Darkness — official stores
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.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
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| £13.49 | £13.49 | — | 1 | |
| €15.49 | €15.49 | — | 1 | |
| $15.99 | $15.99 | — | 1 | |
| $15.99 | $15.99 | — | 1 | |
| CA$19.99 | CA$19.99 | — | 1 | |
| A$20.99 | A$20.99 | — | 1 | |
| NZ$20.99 | NZ$20.99 | — | 1 | |
| R$39.99 | R$39.99 | — | 1 | |
| zł63.99 | zł63.99 | — | 1 |
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About Dead of Darkness
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.
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.
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.
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.1 found this helpful
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.1 found this helpful
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…
ill write more later but wow this is fantastic
its a nice game
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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