The Dark Climb

The Dark Climb

Marco Venditto · 2023 · Adventure, Action-Adventure, Exploration, Time Management, 3D

PC
Positive100% · 10
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About The Dark Climb

The Dark Climb is a resource-based, third-person stealth game set in a dark and dangerous world. Your objective is to navigate through the perilous environment and reach the shining gate at the end of everything. With limited sources of light available, you must rely on a personal light source to illuminate your immediate surroundings. However, this light source is directly tied to your in-game life and will deplete over time. If it runs out of energy, you will meet your demise.
Fortunately, scattered throughout the world are safe-havens in the form of giant eyes, where you can replenish your light source. These havens are initially unlit, requiring you to discover and use scattered lanterns to illuminate them. By doing so, you gradually illuminate your path through the world.
Beware of deadly flying eyes that also inhabit the map. Drawing their attention with your light will result in them attacking you and rapidly draining your energy. If you do attract their notice, your only means of escape is to temporarily seek refuge in the shadows. Effective energy management and stealthy, evasive gameplay are crucial to your success.
Traversing the map is not without its challenges, as the darkness continually tears it apart, leaving a fractured environment adrift in an endless void. Your character possesses basic movement abilities such as walking and jumping to navigate this fragmented world.
Moreover, The Dark Climb aims to provide a captivating audio-sensory experience. The fading energy supply and menacing inhabitants of the dark world are emphasized through immersive sound design. The safe-havens also contribute to this experience, offering a sense of relief whenever you can freely activate your light, even if you remain just a small glimmer lost in the eternal night.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jun 22, 2023
Full playthrough here: https://youtu.be/kQhDYJYQ_mQ I really enjoyed the game and the neat light mechanics I do wish there was bit of a story of why the eyeless person is trying to get to the light and what's going on in this world, but I feel the length of the game is perfect for the type of game it is. I feel like if it was longer with how challenging it is it could get a bit frustrating after a while. Definitely recommend checking out.
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Recommended Jul 31, 2023
Nice smooth running graphics, interesting short game.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 4, 2024
The game is nice and interesting, definitely worth playing it for like 15-20 min. I liked the main light/health concept and could see it in a bigger game. However, it could benefit from improved background music and font choices.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 23, 2023
Very short game with a fun game mechanic. Very simple and quick I think it's worth the time to play it.
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Recommended Jul 27, 2025
I had a great time playing this game! The way the game works is really interesting, and the way it looks is great too. I really liked the way you dealt with the ending. I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but the sounds and visuals were amazing. I loved it so much that I finished it multiple times, setting myself challenges along the way. It was great fun. Thanks!

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