The Darkest Tales
Trinity Team · 2022 · Dark Fantasy, Adventure, Platformer, Action-Adventure, Action
PC
Mixed70% · 69574Metacritic
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About The Darkest Tales
Join a stuffed bear named Teddy on this gloomy and sinister adventure to rescue his owner, Alicia, from the realm of dreams and distorted childhood fantasies. Who else will fight for the life of the girl, now grown-up, if not her long-forgotten and dusty toy?
The Darkest Tales is a complex and compelling adventure, full of familiar characters and fairytale landscapes. Over the course of the journey, you’ll have to come face-to-face with the difficult questions of life more than once.
Happily Never After
You’ll meet familiar characters from your childhood, but the reunion isn’t likely to be a happy one. The gingerbread men are out for blood, Sleeping Beauty seems to be a couple centuries behind on sleep, and the Little Mermaid looks more like a sea witch than an innocent child of the waves.
Teddy Scissorpaws
As it turns out, our hero is a jack-of-all-trades. He crafted a bow and melee weapons from a pair of scissors and uses needles as powerful arrows and grappling hooks. All’s fair in a fight against the forces of evil.
Ahead lies only darkness
Each level takes place in a recognizable, but distorted fairytale world rife with combat, obstacles, and secrets. On this journey you will gain experience, master and branch out your skills, and overcome a multitude of challenges — from fighting blood-thirsty rubber duckies to exploring the giants’ castle in the clouds.
The Darkest Tales is a game with deep and mysterious lore. As you progress and defeat monsters, you’ll unveil the mysteries of this nightmarish world. How will this tale end? It’s up to you to decide.
The Darkest Tales is a complex and compelling adventure, full of familiar characters and fairytale landscapes. Over the course of the journey, you’ll have to come face-to-face with the difficult questions of life more than once.
Happily Never After
You’ll meet familiar characters from your childhood, but the reunion isn’t likely to be a happy one. The gingerbread men are out for blood, Sleeping Beauty seems to be a couple centuries behind on sleep, and the Little Mermaid looks more like a sea witch than an innocent child of the waves.
Teddy Scissorpaws
As it turns out, our hero is a jack-of-all-trades. He crafted a bow and melee weapons from a pair of scissors and uses needles as powerful arrows and grappling hooks. All’s fair in a fight against the forces of evil.
Ahead lies only darkness
Each level takes place in a recognizable, but distorted fairytale world rife with combat, obstacles, and secrets. On this journey you will gain experience, master and branch out your skills, and overcome a multitude of challenges — from fighting blood-thirsty rubber duckies to exploring the giants’ castle in the clouds.
The Darkest Tales is a game with deep and mysterious lore. As you progress and defeat monsters, you’ll unveil the mysteries of this nightmarish world. How will this tale end? It’s up to you to decide.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I do not know who this awkward, broken, lost-in-translation, eurojank game is for. It is far too difficult for kids (even on Easy) and way too goofy for adults. I finished it out of spite and laughed through most of the latter parts until the uneventful and predictable ending.3 found this helpful
The Darkest Tales, developed by Trinity Team and published by 101XP, is a side-scrolling action platformer that leans heavily on a striking narrative premise: the transformation of familiar fairy tales into unsettling, distorted dreamscapes. It builds its identity around this contrast, pairing a childlike protagonist—a worn teddy bear named Teddy—with a world that gradually reveals itself to be darker and more psychologically charged than its storybook inspiration suggests. The result is a game that often feels visually and thematically compelling, even when its gameplay struggles to maintain the same level of consistency. The story centers on Teddy, who comes to life to rescue his owner Alicia from a dream realm that has twisted her memories and imagination into something hostile. This framing allows the game to reinterpret classic fairy tales through a darker lens, introducing characters and settings that are both recognizable and unsettling. The narrative itself is relatively straightforward, following a clear path from one encounter to the next, but it gains strength from its tone rather than its complexity. There is an underlying emotional thread tied to Alicia’s situation th…1 found this helpful
I enjoy the game alot. The story was good and overall it's a fun game Visually 8/10 Audio 9/10 Controls 8/10 Bugs a few Fun factor 8/101 found this helpful
very impressive1 found this helpful
It's okay
A teddy stands firm Nightmares twist forgotten dreams Love outshines the dark
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