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Alone in the Dark: Illumination™
A darkness has fallen over the town of Lorwich. Monstrous hordes emerge from beyond the realm of nightmares to sow chaos on the land. As one of four heroes, you must battle the minions of the old ones with the force of arms, and the power of illumination.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This version of Alone in the Dark is what I call a Closet Game that people put away and eventually get back to it after there developers get a fix for it. Because of the many bugs like the battery placement issue, many fans have abandon it, but if you can put your bug feelings…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Alone in the Dark: Illumination is the worst type of bad game. It’s not “so-bad-it’s-good” nor is it deeply flawed but with some interesting ideas; it’s just plain old bad. It's a cold, cynical product that was either made by a machine or by people who were completely dead on…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“ive have taken many a fecal matter alone in the dark as to not wake my mom more illuminating than this poor excuse of an experience my missing hands could have made a better game now i shall make like the priest and crash out”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedLatest official news
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“Thro’ the ghoul-guarded gateways of slumber, Past the wan-moon’d abysses of night, I have liv’d o’er my lives without number, I have sounded all things with my sight; And I struggle and shriek ere th
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Horror · Co-op · Gore · Multiplayer · Shooter · Survival Horror · Illuminati · Lovecraftian · Third Person · Third-Person Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1/ Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor 2.3+ GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX or AMD Radeon 6850 HD series card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Additional Notes: Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 460 GTX or greater; Intel 4000 or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may not be supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.