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Eyes in the Dark

Eyes in the Dark

Fight with light against the dark in this "roguelight" platformer starring Victoria Bloom! Drive back the darkness that's overrun Bloom Manor and conquer swarms of creatures as you discover powerful new items to upgrade your arsenal. Are you ready to enter the ever-changing manor?

Released Jul 14, 2022 Developer Under the Stairs, Kontrast Publisher Under the Stairs Platforms Windows Action RoguelikeSide ScrollerTwin Stick ShooterRogue-lite2D Platformer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

80.7%positive166 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game has so much visual charm to it. I had far too much enjoyment simply spinning the flashlight around like a baton twirler and roasting dark creatures. The game is comfortably Medium difficulty. The bosses are different from each other, but can feel a tad fragile once you…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Darkness watches close One small light defies the fear Dawn breaks through the void”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-01 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

47all-time peak
0 10 20 2023 2024 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 17 avg · Jul 2022

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.

34achievements
11.1%median completion
1.9%rarest: Vanilla Victoria!
69.4% of players 52.4% of players 35.6% of players 35.5% of players 34.2% of players 31.2% of players 24.5% of players 23.2% of players 22.8% of players 22.2% of players 21.6% of players 20.2% of players 18.8% of players 15.5% of players 15.3% of players 15.1% of players 11.3% of players 11.1% of players 10.8% of players 9.0% of players 8.1% of players 7.0% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 69.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.4%Enter the mansion — Complete the tutorial.
52.4%Insector Defeated — Successfully defeat Insector.
35.6%Broodor Defeated — Successfully defeat Broodor.
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%Vanilla Victoria! — Complete a 9 zone run without equipping any items.
1.9%Broken Flashlight — Complete a 9 zone run without picking up a flashlight module and/or upgrade.
2.0%Gustav's Folly — Complete a 9 zone run without upgrading a single weapon category.

Latest official news

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

Jun 14, 2024
Official Statement on the future of Eyes in the Dark

Hi there, Due to circumstances outside of our control, Under the Stairs has recently reached an agreement with Gearbox Publishing to mutually part ways. For us this means the return of our publishing

Nov 18, 2022
Eyes in the Dark is now Verified on Steam Deck!

Fight with light against the dark in this "roguelight" platformer starring Victoria Bloom! Drive back the darkness that's overrun Bloom Manor and conquer swarms of creatures as you discover powerful n

Nov 01, 2022
Patch 1.1.2

Hello Tinkerers! We are back with a small update. Here is what we have fixed below: Solved various functionality issues with Edgar's Shop. Players can now purchase items and pick them up immediately.

Oct 25, 2022
Halloween Update and Festivities!

Hello, Tinkerers! Happy Halloween! To celebrate the spookiest month of the year, we just deployed a new update that added a few Halloween-related cosmetic upgrades, new visual filters, a series of cos

Oct 24, 2022
🏆 GAME OF THE YEAR WINNER 🏆 MEGAMIGS 2022

🏆 GRAND PRIZE WINNER - MEGAMIGS Game of the Year 2022 🏆 Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom – Under the Stairs

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Side Scroller · Twin Stick Shooter · Rogue-lite · 2D Platformer · Difficult · Platformer · Shooter · Action-Adventure · 2D · Rogue-like · Cute (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements34
Official sitehttps://eyesinthedarkgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Interl Core2 Quad Q9500 or AMD Phenom II X4 840 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5570, 1 GB or Intel HD Graphics 4400 Storage: 800 MB available space Sound Card: Yes