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DarkMaus is an indie action RPG with challenging, skill-based combat that punishes careless play.

DarkMaus is a souls-like, indie and action game developed and published by Daniel Wright.
Released on January 26th 2016 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 432 reviews of which 353 were positive and 79 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified DarkMaus into these genres:

Souls-like Indie Action RPG Difficult Dark Fantasy Top-Down 2D

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Shader Model 3. If you have a laptop, be sure to choose your dedicated GPU!
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
A great homage to Dark Souls 1, as well as interesting and fun of its own right. It has a distinctive and memorable atmosphere. I truly wish the developer had been able to make this with more people and expand on it, make some DLC or a sequel, because I was left wanting more. Still, I appreciate that he made this at all
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April 2025
A very fun, if short, 2D version of Dark Souls. Cute but scary, and with a minimalist art-style.
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Dec. 2024
MOUSE SOULS ! This small gem made by a single developer is a beautiful ode to the much more well known title, DARK SOULS - yet it stands on its own right ! Charming 2D top-down design, beautiful music... Don't let the "cute aesthetic" fool you, this game is rather tough (sometimes brutally so)! Good on you, mister Daniel Wright :) PS (minor gripes) : - on occasion, the startup animations are harder to read than you'd expect - at the time of writing, achievements were never implemented - this game does NOT use Steam Cloud for its saves :(
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Nov. 2024
is a little jank but I really enjoyed it for a 5 dollar indie game. I can't recommend a controller enough though. Don't buy this game for kb/m if you only have a ps controller consider ds4windows because this game only accepts xbox controllers
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June 2024
This is a fun little Souls Like. The mechanic of the "ghosts" following you into combat is cool. I had some technical issues (e.g., crashes a minor list progress) a few times across my playthrough, so be aware of this potential issue.
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DarkMaus is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

DarkMaus is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

DarkMaus received 353 positive votes out of a total of 432 achieving a rating of 7.66.
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DarkMaus was developed and published by Daniel Wright.

DarkMaus is playable and fully supported on Windows.

DarkMaus is not playable on MacOS.

DarkMaus is not playable on Linux.

DarkMaus is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for DarkMaus. Explore additional content available for DarkMaus on Steam.

DarkMaus does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

DarkMaus does not support Steam Remote Play.

DarkMaus 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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DarkMaus
4.99€
7.7
353
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Daniel Wright
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Daniel Wright
Release 26 Jan 2016
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