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The Dark Egg Demo
A surrealist text-based RPG. You will explore an island, solve puzzles, and fight enemies, all in your attempt to get the Dark Egg.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I have never before been so impressed, so in love and so touched by a game which at first seems so simple. The story, the mystery, the characters all swoop you in one go. Playing this felt like playing a game Toby Fox made and posted under an alias. I am enamoured by it. I know…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“The design, the story, the presentation - love it all. One of the most unique and best indie games out there I would say. Can't wait for the full release! ^^”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Dark Egg March Update
There's a new update VLOG on Youtube about the current status of the game! We're in the last stretch.
Dark Egg December Update
There's a new update on Kickstarter about the current status of the game! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/transcendpixels/the-dark-egg/posts/4268801 We're getting closer to release, but still hav
Version 0.5.7 Update
With this update, the Kickstarter has now ended! Thank you so much to everyone who's played, talked about, and shared our game, and a special thanks to all our backers for bringing Dark Egg to life. T
Version 0.5.6 Update
New: The Weapon Smith and her first quest. Wolf Event and Hunting Theme. The Innkeeper and the Black Knight. Experience Bar in the Skill Menu. Bugfixes: Fixed a bug where Conniving/Oppressive wouldn't
Version 0.5.5 - Update
Upcoming new song: Droplets New: The Potion Maker and his first quest. Fixed a bug with the Village Leader: If you already talked to them, the event has been reset. For some, the event will play out t
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Exploration · Choose Your Own Adventure · Immersive Sim · Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · RPG · 2D · Text-Based · Surreal · Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Choices Matter (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.transcendpixels.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 2048 MB RAM Storage: 256 MB available space