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From the moment Edward Carnby and Aline Cedrac set foot on Shadow Island, they are confronted by mysterious, evil creatures intent on thwarting their progress to recover 3 ancient tablets believed to hold the secret key to some incredible menacing phenomena. Danger threatens from every corner.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a adventure, horror and action game developed by Darkworks and Spiral House and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on October 29th 2013 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 622 reviews of which 437 were positive and 185 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.78€ on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare into these genres:

Adventure Horror Action Survival Horror Classic Puzzle Female Protagonist Lovecraftian

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows® 98 SE/Me/2000 Pro/XP
Processor: Intel Pentium® II 300 MHz
Memory: 64 MB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 400 MB available space

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July 2025

It was fun. It starts slowly, then it starts developing. It is not a masterpiece, story is lame, sound is not good, soundtrack not memorable. But it is one of the originals oldies, and I liked it. I recommend it only for RE and similar games hardcore players.

Oct. 2024

The original game is a classic, although the PC version is definitely rough. Setting up the controller is a huge pain, there isn't a proper borderless fullscreen setting, just a handful of other little annoyances like that. CRUCIALLY: you must, and I mean must , go into your NVIDIA settings (or equivalent for your system) and limit this game's framerate to ~58 (anything close to but less than 60). This is an old game, and absolutely no safeguards have been set in place for higher framerates on newer hardware. I, like an idiot, played through this entire game at around 120fps without having any idea, and it was a nightmare . My playthrough was plagued by bugs, softlocks, crashes after every pre-rendered cutscene, weird input drops, borked menus, and huge problems interacting with doors, ladders, and pick-ups. It's a shame, because it really colored my time with the game. I went back and limited the FPS to 58, tested it for an hour, and all those issues just...completely disappeared. So with that in mind, with the caveat that you must limit your FPS to sub-60 , I heartily recommend this game to fans of quirky, campy old-school survival horror games. It's got all the campy dialogue with fun-bad delivery, tank-controls, frustrating combat, circuitous puzzle logic, and fixed camera angles that you're looking for.

Sept. 2024

i remeber playing this game back in 2001 on a Pentium .Ws 18 or 19 at the time .After playing the 2024 remake of the original 1992 Alone in the Dark .I recalled playing this game more then 20 years ago .And it had an interesting Lovercraftian premise .Which i didnt know about at the time .This brought back alot of memories about playing this game . Wanted to try playing this game again after 24 years . I have to say this game deserves a remake .

Sept. 2024

Even though I absolutely love survival horrors, I’ve never played any of the Alone in the Dark games, so it was about time I familiarized myself with this franchise. First, I wanted to try the brand new remake, but I got discouraged by all the negative reviews, so instead I turned my attention to this more classic installment. The New Nightmare is one of those oldschool action-adventures, like the original Resident Evil trilogy, where your worst enemies are not the monsters or the puzzles, but the terrible tank controls and fixed camera angles. Shooting at a creature which can’t be seen in the screen your character is in, or trying to escape from a horde of beasts just to run into a wall after the next turn can be extremely frustrating. Finding the right spot where you can pick up or use an item is also a “fun” challenge, so good luck with that. With that said, once you manage to get used to the controls, you get a true, classic survival horror experience. You get to choose between two characters, both with different routes, so if you want to see everything, you’ll need at least two playthroughs. You need to carefully conserve ammo and first-aid kits, and you can only save your game if you have so called Charms of Saving available, so you better plan every step you take. These gameplay features constantly keep you on edge, and then there are also the monsters (they’re not that crazy scary, but most of them can turn invisible), the infrequent music, the creepy environmental sounds and the surprisingly hard puzzles. Just try not to focus on the terrible voice acting… All in all, I can recommend this to fans of this genre (but keep your expectations lower than for classic Resident Evil ).

Sept. 2024

This game has soft-locks, it is hard as nails and doesn't have any respect for you as a player... and I love it. One of the best Survival horrors, with some incredible ambiance (Shadow Island, man...), amazing music and some good scares. This is for me one of the tops, even with the mentioned flaws. PD: you will have to install some mods to make it run property, though.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 6.99€ on Steam.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare received 437 positive votes out of a total of 622 achieving a rating of 6.73.

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Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare was developed by Darkworks and Spiral House and published by THQ Nordic.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is not playable on MacOS.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is not playable on Linux.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a single-player game.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare does not currently offer any DLC.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare does not support Steam Remote Play.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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