A Walk in the Dark
In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.
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DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
DeadCore is a platformer, action and indie game
developed and published by 5 Bits Games.
Released on October 17th 2014 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 3 languages: English, French and German.
It has received 1,585 reviews of which 1,347 were positive and 238 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.52€ on G2A.
The Steam community has classified DeadCore into these genres:
Platformer
Action
Indie
FPS
Parkour
Difficult
First-Person
Sci-fi
3D Platformer
Puzzle
Great Soundtrack
Fast-Paced
Singleplayer
Shooter
Atmospheric
Puzzle Platformer
Runner
Cyberpunk
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| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, Windows 8 with last Service Pack, OS X 10.6
- Processor: Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo at 2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT with 512 Mo RAM, ATI Radeon HD 3850 with 512 Mo RAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX sound card
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.9
- Processor: Intel i5 2.3 ghz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD4000
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated chipset
Linux
- OS: SteamOS, Ubuntu 14.04 or later
- Processor: Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo at 2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo at 2 GHz, ou AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated chipset
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Another fictionalized dreamland. This one drenched in neon lights and strange geometry and machinery. A type of phantasmagoria located at undisclosed location, time and space. Game by French developer 5Bits Games. Original game name: Deadlock. As the story unfolds things become clearly. There is backstory to this. Interesting one. - You control some kind of drone with a time-gun of sorts, with running time on it. Then there is Logs. In logs is where your goals and achievements are described. - You're clearly control some kind of droid, due to hardware sounds of afford. - The main challenge in this game comes from operating time-gun while traversing shifting environments. If you are dysproxic or light-sensitive, this maybe not for you. - However, there are polite save spots.. (as of this writing) BEFORE the challenge commences. Bash that button R for respawn. Mechanics - there is double-jump (the usual) - there's zoom on a gun (quite useless) - and you sticking to the walls in a way that makes it easier to traverse the domain of whatever that is. (wall-gliding/wall-jump possible to a degree) - in mid-air you DO have reasonable control of the char - there is no fall damage, but there is off-structure death fall =) + There are very clear Tron vibes, which is good and its a good style. No future or the past, just something different. + Mechanics work, interesting premise, I recommend this game for anyone who whants to just 'switch off' or need some inspiration going. The geometry of the whole thing is busy enough, but there are sideways to traverse it - player is not bound to follow strictly the logical path, in fact exploration is encouraged, most certainly. The run is divided by Cycles and a ticking watch on the gun simply says "I'm designed for speedruns" And indeed it is. There are plenty of rooms to proxy the main path, have that in mind. Oh btw, there is manual sketches for the scenes in game, by the dev I found appealing. It's in Logs section of the UI. --- Originality: plausible and interesting Atmosphere: deep Mechanics: execution is good, it's just jumping game.
Short but very good puzzle platformer with a good sense of speed. Lots of replayability as once you beat the game you can speedrun the levels and after beating par you get a harder version for people who want a challenge. The difficulty is fair and puzzles never had me thinking 'well how was I supposed to know x' and mechanics are well used and fun. Buy if you like puzzle platformers and games that let you go fast.
It's a very short, but difficult puzzle-platformer played like an FPS. The game can be completed in less than an hour, but my initial run took almost 4 hours. It's got decent re-playability. There's multiple paths in the main story mode that you may be willing to explore once you beat the game for the first time. Places you couldn't access in the beginning are now doable. Not because it was impossible before, but because you've come so far as a player, mastering all the tools you've been given so far. Even if you don't care about the exploration in the game, there's still a drive to best your previous time across the story mode. You don't always know if where you're at in the map is where the developers intended for you to go or not, and that's great. This reminds me of Mario 64 Speedruns, where players intentionally find new ways to play the game, way beyond what the designers could account for. This game really is about the reward, not so much the journey. The journey could be frustrating at times, but the payoff of getting to the top, and then going through and playing it again when you've become super quick and coordinated: you truly feel a sense of progression and satisfaction after it. Then it becomes easier to appreciate just how mind-bending some parts of the game are. Being a shorter game, I feel the experience of a big payoff is more accessible. I don't think this game will ever grow beyond this single title and I can't justify spending the non-discounted price of $10. But there's definitely a place for this game and it happened to ring well for me. If you resonate with this review, definitely give this game a shot. I've heard this game could've been snagged for $2.50. If you can get it for that price, you're guaranteed to have a good time
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Frequently Asked Questions
DeadCore is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
No, DeadCore is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Yes, DeadCore received 1,347 positive votes out of a total of 1,585 achieving a rating of 8.12.
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DeadCore was developed and published by 5 Bits Games.
Yes, DeadCore is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, DeadCore is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, DeadCore is playable and fully supported on Linux.
No, DeadCore is not playable on Steam Deck.
This information about DeadCore is not available yet.
No, DeadCore does not support VR.
DeadCore is a single-player game.
No, DeadCore does not currently offer any DLC.
No, DeadCore does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, DeadCore does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, DeadCore 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for DeadCore.
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