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Welcome To The Dark Place
The train is the only escape.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Wow what a great game Zeekerss, I don't know why this game is free. What an awesome experience. Felt like Outer Wilds / Slay the Princess / The Upturned vibes all mixed together into some liminal world. I absolutely loved this game. I did need to use another person's map near…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“Exploring this world was really really fun. I enjoyed unraveling the mystery and REALLY enjoyed making my own map to do it. It's weird and convoluted at times but if you explore and REALLY try you will find the places you need to go. It's tedious getting back to places after you…”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played“Never before have I been more betrayed by train tracks.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Unfortunately, welcome!
Hello again, prisoners of the Dark Place! It's finally out, after an extra five years! I'm thrilled to call Welcome To The Dark Place done, at long last. This game has been wandering in a no-man's-lan
My new pixelated horror "It Steals" is coming to Steam!
Hello, future investigators of the Dark Place. If you've been following the development of Welcome To The Dark Place but not my other games, I have a good surprise for you. Near the end of March, I be
State Of Development! (June)
Hello, future captives of the Dark Place. This is just me checking in to note how things are doing with Welcome To The Dark Place, since the last time I posted about it was in February. I suppose a pi
A Delay + New Teaser
Hello, future stowaways of the Dark Place. The release date I planned for has been changed from early this year to later this year. That's not due to any technical difficulties (thankfully) but becaus
The New Trailer!
Hello, future dwellers of the Dark Place. Development is going very well. Every day, the Dark Place feels a little less like home! In the meantime, I have a new trailer to show you. https://www.youtub
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Free to Play · Text-Based · Psychological Horror · Violent · Gore · Mystery · Exploration · Interactive Fiction · Atmospheric · Horror (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 2 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i7-4510U @ 2.00 GHz Memory: 6144 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics Family DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio Additional Notes: It's mostly text-based. You don't need advanced technology, just an imagination.