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Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Released Nov 13, 2014 Developer Stormling Studios Publisher Iceberg Interactive Platforms Windows AdventureHorrorLovecraftianPoint & ClickIndie
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

72.7%positive638 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This is a pretty old point and click. Nostalgic, but the controls are dated.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's old and dated but it's cool. I would suggest using a guide as a lot of the hints that you're supposed to find don't really work correctly and like half the stuff that I saw and thought "that seems pretty important" the game outright tells me it's not when I try to underline…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Obtuse af. Very boring. Terrible UI.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

30achievements
23.6%median completion
8.0%rarest: Poor Braunbell
84.2% of players 66.2% of players 63.7% of players 53.0% of players 39.8% of players 33.9% of players 33.5% of players 31.0% of players 30.4% of players 30.0% of players 28.9% of players 27.2% of players 25.9% of players 24.5% of players 23.7% of players 23.6% of players 22.7% of players 22.3% of players 21.5% of players 21.0% of players 20.3% of players 19.4% of players 18.9% of players 17.2% of players 16.0% of players 13.1% of players 10.3% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 84.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.2%In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — Discover that Loath Nolder escaped from hospital last night.
66.2%Something's not right — Discover that the answering machine has no new messages, despite Arthur urging you to check.
63.7%The onlooker sees all — Discover what has been altered in Loath Nolder's office.
Rarest badges of honor
8.0%Poor Braunbell — Find out what has happened to Mr. Braunbell.
8.2%Backstabber? — Find the true intention of your friend Arthur.
9.0%Trust No-One — Discover whether the police are involved with the cult.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$1.19lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US7.99 USD
EU7.79 EUR
UK6.69 GBP
Australia11.79 AUD
Canada10.49 CAD
Japan920 JPY
Brazil26.49 BRL
China33.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$4.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$8.9

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-31 09-09 09-19 09-28

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 06, 2016
Wishlist Zoetrope's New Game "Conarium" Today!

We are much delighted to announce that Conarium Steam page is up and running, Rejoice! Conarium is our latest attempt in developing another game with a chilling Lovecraftian story. As Darkness Within

Oct 06, 2016
Wishlist Zoetrope's New Game "Conarium" Today!

We are much delighted to announce that Conarium Steam page is up and running, Rejoice! Conarium is our latest attempt in developing another game with a chilling Lovecraftian story. As Darkness Within

Nov 03, 2015
Soundtrack Available Now as DLC and Small Update

For those who can’t enough of the haunting atmospheric in-game music, the original soundtrack containing well over an hour of music is now available for puchase at $ 2.99. A small patch was also pushe

Nov 03, 2015
Soundtrack Available Now as DLC and Small Update

For those who can’t enough of the haunting atmospheric in-game music, the original soundtrack containing well over an hour of music is now available for puchase at $ 2.99. A small patch was also pushe

Nov 13, 2014
Darkness Within Lurks Onto the Steam Platform

Publisher Iceberg Interactive and Turkish development studio Zoetrope Interactive are happy to announce that a revamped version of their H.P. Lovecraft-inspired point-and-click horror adventure Darkne

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Horror · Lovecraftian · Point & Click · Indie · Psychological Horror · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Detective · First-Person · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Polish * , Russian * *
Achievements30
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows® 2000 / XP / Vista™ Processor: 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible or better video card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1100 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card