The Dark Occult
RYM GAMES · 2018 · Horror, Action, Adventure, Indie, Violent
PC
Mixed69% · 1,132
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About The Dark Occult
✦ AI summary
Survive a haunted manor while hunted by a relentless demonic woman, destroying occult artifacts to escape in this psychological horror experience where constant dread builds into pure panic. Explore freely through the decaying Atkinson House in non-linear fashion, but stay vigilant—your invisible stalker can strike at any moment, forcing you to question every shadow and sound.
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The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. The game takes place in a decaying manor with demonic entities and strong ties to the occult. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment. Your only goal -- survive.
In The Dark Occult, players will enter the game exploring a seemingly abandoned house that is consumed with demonic activity. Players are sent to the Atkinson House to investigate unusual happenings surrounding the death of the owner. Upon entering the house, players discover that they are unable to leave and are haunted by an incessant demonic woman who stalks them with murderous intent. Demonic artifacts must be destroyed in order to survive. Players must be hyper-aware of every move, twist and turn, as the woman is always lurking. The Dark Occult fully immerses players in an environment filled with anxiety, panic, and real consequences that scar.
Key Features:
Psychological Horror Game
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The Dark Occult is a horror game featuring a demonic woman who is tracking your every move, ready to strike! Destroy artifacts to escape, but watch your back, as the nightmare becomes more desperate the closer you get to liberation.
Prepare to Panic
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The main enemy is a demonic woman, not tied to any specific location or timing, leaving a constant sense of impending danger… and the opportunity for you to jump out of your seat at any given moment!
Free Exploration
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Explore The Dark Occult in a non-linear progression style, with multiple paths through the house. Quests can be approached in a different order from one player to another, providing a unique and different gameplay experience each time.
Eerie Atmosphere
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The game utilizes environmental tools, such as detailed visuals, perfectly timed audio, and a Gothic setting to convey and promote fear and panic in the player. Players will find many moments where their eyes will play tricks on them, causing them to think there’s a creature lurking at the end of the hall when in fact it’s just a side table stacked with items.
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. The game takes place in a decaying manor with demonic entities and strong ties to the occult. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment. Your only goal -- survive.
In The Dark Occult, players will enter the game exploring a seemingly abandoned house that is consumed with demonic activity. Players are sent to the Atkinson House to investigate unusual happenings surrounding the death of the owner. Upon entering the house, players discover that they are unable to leave and are haunted by an incessant demonic woman who stalks them with murderous intent. Demonic artifacts must be destroyed in order to survive. Players must be hyper-aware of every move, twist and turn, as the woman is always lurking. The Dark Occult fully immerses players in an environment filled with anxiety, panic, and real consequences that scar.
Key Features:
Psychological Horror Game
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/921780/extras/Psychological-Horror-Game.jpg
The Dark Occult is a horror game featuring a demonic woman who is tracking your every move, ready to strike! Destroy artifacts to escape, but watch your back, as the nightmare becomes more desperate the closer you get to liberation.
Prepare to Panic
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/921780/extras/Prepare-to-Panic.jpg
The main enemy is a demonic woman, not tied to any specific location or timing, leaving a constant sense of impending danger… and the opportunity for you to jump out of your seat at any given moment!
Free Exploration
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/921780/extras/Free-Exploration.jpg
Explore The Dark Occult in a non-linear progression style, with multiple paths through the house. Quests can be approached in a different order from one player to another, providing a unique and different gameplay experience each time.
Eerie Atmosphere
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/921780/extras/Eerie-Atmosphere.jpg
The game utilizes environmental tools, such as detailed visuals, perfectly timed audio, and a Gothic setting to convey and promote fear and panic in the player. Players will find many moments where their eyes will play tricks on them, causing them to think there’s a creature lurking at the end of the hall when in fact it’s just a side table stacked with items.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This is the kind of game where, if you're going to try running it on a modern PC, there is a good chance that it will crash on the title screen due to compatibility issues. The fix that worked for me was going to the game's settings, clicking "Properties…", and then on the General tab you will see "Launch Options". Input the following code: cmd /c "set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 && %command%" Make sure to include all the spaces and quotation marks. If you entered it correctly, the game should now work just fine, or at least it did for me. With that out of the way, how is the game itself? The Dark Occult is the kind of horror game that basically goes through many of the horror cliches you have seen up to this point, but there is something charming about its silly, over-the-top scares and crazy visuals during them. As for the game itself, it has a LOT of running around, not knowing where to go. The map sort of helps, but you have to play on Dread Mode to even have a map. It is so hard not to get lost because so many parts of the house look the same and the layout is very complex. I found myself going in circles more times than I could count and while the game has a reliable save …
I honestly wish there was a neutral rating on steam. This game is odd because it does a lot right, but also has a lot of issues that will turn off some players. This is made ever the more clear by the mixed rating on steam. That being said I am giving it a recommendation because this game scared the s**t out of me and that's saying a lot coming from a mega fan of horror. Let's start with the good: -Atmosphere is impeccable -Great visuals -Amazing setting (sure it's a haunted house, but it's well designed) -Should run well on the vast majority of pcs (ran this at 4k on a laptop with 4gb VRAM) -Amazing and varied scares and not overly reliant on jumpscares -Enjoyed the puzzles The scares are singlehandedly why this game gets a recommendation. It's probably in the top 5 scariest games I've ever played. It starts off pretty okay in the scare department, but it quickly becomes tense and nerve racking, with a good variety of scares. As the game progresses, the jumpscares become virtually not existent. This game has some of the most terrifying moments I've ever experienced. Years later I still have PTSD from some of these moments. the TLDR version is If you can stomach he negatives, th…
It sucks, really. Dont buy
Has some good jump scares, these have great puzzles. Its a good game!
This game really made a great enviroment and atmosphere really great but too bad this game kinda crashing and bugging always and the exploration for the story and gameplay could get better
This is sharing the number 1 best horror game with Alien İsolaiton I hope they do a remastered update and make a comeback this game is very peak.
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