Flashing Dark

Flashing Dark

Flat Surface Studio · 2025 · Action, Horror, Dark, Adventure, Atmospheric

PC
Mixed62% · 39 📈 Making a comeback 79%
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About Flashing Dark

Flashing Dark
First-person horror game about a lighthouse keeper lately transferred to a new outpost. As he struggles to manage his work, he uncovers a dark and terrifying secret of the island he lives on.The Gameplay
This game is primarily a first-person narrative walking simulator with exploration, lighthouse routine simulation, and conversation mechanics.Key Features
  • Atmospheric environment.
  • VHS film aesthetic.
  • NPCs.
  • Unique Story.
  • Lighthouse keeper gameplay.
Plot Intro The game begins with Dave waking up on a train. Recently he has applied for a position of lighthouse keeper on a remote island.When Dave arrives on the island, he is immediately struck by its eerie atmosphere. The lighthouse is old and dilapidated, and the surrounding forest is dark and foreboding. Dave soon finds something on the island that moves the story forward.

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Mar 11, 2025
It started well. Buggy, but well. Had the style, had the aesthetics, and who doesn't love the modern trend of lighthouse keepers? I have hardlocked myself twice in the game already, and found ungodly amounts of grammatical mistakes, but nothing a restart and a benefit of a doubt to a non-native speaker couldn't fix. That is until the ending section where it turns into a very clunky shooter which irritated me so much, I dropped the game, and just decided to watch a letsplay instead to see how it ended. And for nothing at all, if I'm being honest. All the build-up leads to absolutely nothing, and just like another island media - Lost - questions are posed, peppered with questions on top, and not a single answer given, or even a hint on one. Such games usually take the hearts of players by good narrative, cool plots and mysterious twists, but, unfortunately, it seems like the writing looked like a list of cool things: a train, a chest, a gun, a naked dude, a mysterious intruder, a suspicious boss, a cave, a dead police squad, a twin sister, a postwoman knowing your name - but whoever wrote it just couldn't have bothered to come up with what it all means or why anything on the list h…
7 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 6, 2025
They ran out of budget at the end.
2 found this helpful
Recommended May 25, 2025
saya suka storynya, dan vibenya. tapi, untuk keterangan dialog antar karakter, perlu pembeda.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 18, 2025
Decent game, but I have to say I have more questions than answers after completing the game, a lot left unanswered, but nonetheless I enjoyed the game. Gameplay 👇 https://youtu.be/qWNwAC4dqjk
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 23, 2025
great game, it has mystery, suspense, and horror. and the ending had a great twist. btw if you can't see in the cave just turn the brightness up. still very dark but much more manageable.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 5, 2025
This is a good game I will be recommending this to people.

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