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Dead of Darkness

Dead of Darkness

Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

Released Jan 23, 2025 Developer Retrofiction Games Platforms Windows Survival HorrorHorrorPixel GraphicsStory RichNarrative
View on Steam ↗ $15.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-18.

87.5%positive224 reviews
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“"Not this time, son. We got Resident Evil at home" Resident Evil at home:”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“A fairly good survival horror I enjoyed though it comes with a fair amount of flaws. The positives are it had a quite engaging story homaging elements of Resident Evil and Evil Within, complete with a solid script and GREAT voice acting (the VA for MC Miles did a terrific job.)…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Feels like classic Horror RPG Maker games, only more advanced. I have beaten the game once on hard now and got the desired experience, survival horror. That said I had many healing items and ammo left. You can feel the passion but story was a bit generic and bosses were not that…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 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 2026-09-26.

54achievements
30.1%median completion
0.9%rarest: Against All Odds
80.4% of players 78.7% of players 74.1% of players 57.1% of players 55.2% of players 49.7% of players 48.7% of players 45.3% of players 45.3% of players 42.8% of players 40.6% of players 40.2% of players 39.8% of players 38.6% of players 35.4% of players 35.2% of players 34.6% of players 33.9% of players 33.4% of players 33.0% of players 32.7% of players 31.3% of players 31.1% of players 31.1% of players 30.8% of players 30.6% of players 30.4% of players 30.1% of players 30.1% of players 29.8% of players 29.2% of players 29.1% of players 24.6% of players 22.4% of players 22.4% of players 21.1% of players 17.0% of players 16.3% of players 12.7% of players 11.8% of players 7.2% of players 6.4% of players 4.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 1.9% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 80.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.4%The Nightmare Begins — Start your journey in Graham Manor
78.7%Look Out, It's a Monster! — Kill a Ghoul
74.1%This Looks Important — Find your first clue
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Against All Odds — Finish the game on In The Dead of Darkness difficulty
1.0%I Know Where I'm Going! — Finish the game without opening the map once
1.1%Super S-Rank — Finish the game with an S+ Ranking

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$15.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.59lowest since tracking began2026-09-02
US15.99 USD
EU15.49 EUR
UK13.49 GBP
Australia20.99 AUD
Canada19.99 CAD
Japan1,800 JPY
Brazil39.99 BRL
China61.99 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.7 China Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$18

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-13 08-21 08-31 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Feb 16, 2026
Update #8 - Cistern overhaul, obstacles on maps, additional storage chest

Hey everyone, after more than a year since release, I'm happy to share a new update of the game with you. As I shared with you last April, I was at the point where I said that Dead of Darkness is fini

Jan 23, 2026
Dead of Darkness celebrates its first anniversary!

Today Dead of Darkness has its first anniversary! 🥳 To celebrate, the game is now 35% off on Steam (the highest discount yet!) And... here is a small tease of the next project I’m working on (hopefull

Nov 20, 2025
Dead of Darkness will be at Comic Con Stuttgart 2025

Excited to announce that Dead of Darkness will be at Comic Con Stuttgart (Germany) from November 29th to November 30th! You’ll find me in Hall 10 in the Gaming Zone. Swing by the booth to play the gam

Oct 22, 2025
Halloween Sale

HALLOWEEN SALE! Dead of Darkness is now 30% OFF on Steam! (that's the highest discount yet!) Sale lasts until November 1st!

Oct 02, 2025
25% off during Steam Autumn Sale

Hey, Dead of Darkness is now 25% off during the Steam Autumn Sale! Go check it out and feel free to leave a review, it supports me a lot in terms of visibility :) Kind regards, Markus

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsSurvival Horror · Horror · Pixel Graphics · Story Rich · Narrative · Dark · 2D · Anime · Exploration · Puzzle · Action-Adventure · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements54
Official sitehttp://www.deadofdarkness.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64 Processor: Intel Pentium D 830 (2* 3000) or equivalent / AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2600) or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7600 GT (256 MB) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space