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The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“The game is creative and fun, but it needs controller adjustments, especially when the menus appear; I can't control it. The only thing that will make it legendary is adding a map.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps3de32aaaw Recommended!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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The Darkest Tales | Out now!
Journey into the world of nightmares with Teddy the bear to save Alicia. Fights, challenges and dark, twisted puzzles wait behind every corner. Get ready to meet the lovable characters you’ve known si
Free prologue for The Darkest Tales has been updated!
In honor of The Darkest Tales full game Release Date Announcement, we're updating our free-to-play prologue! Check out the most up-to-date look on the first hour of our game! Also, check out our brand
Happy to be part of Tiny Teams 2022!
Great news! The Darkest Tales is going to be a part of this year's Tiny Teams festival! Check us out on Steam and Yogcast Twitch channel form Aug 1st to 8th!
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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, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Adventure · Platformer · Action-Adventure · 2D Platformer · Metroidvania · Exploration · Colorful · 2.5D · Cute · Stylized · Dark (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://store.101xp.com/en/games/thedarkesttales/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space