The Darkside Detective on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

The Darkside Detective is a point & click, detective and pixel graphics game developed by Spooky Doorway and published by Akupara Games.
Released on July 27th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 4,724 reviews of which 4,464 were positive and 260 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.89€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Darkside Detective into these genres:

Point & Click Detective Pixel Graphics Adventure Story Rich Mystery Comedy Funny Singleplayer Indie Supernatural Retro Puzzle 2D Casual Dark Humor Lovecraftian Cartoony 1980s 1990's

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: 3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD (Integrated), GeForce 6 Series/Radeon R7 Series
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.7+
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Processor: Pentium 4
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
A very fun, if quick, adventure game. The dialogue was amusing and the puzzles were fun, not frustrating. This was a perfect chill game!
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Dec. 2024
This was a great fun detective & puzzle point & click game, with touch of humour. There are definitely supernatural element in it but it's not scary or spooky. The puzzles are logical and the characters will be saying something that will help, for example "I should find something sticky" so you'd need to find something sticky or check if you have already picked up something that can be sticky. If you like - puzzle, detective, supernatural/occult, solving cases, comedy, and pixel art, then this game is for you! I'm looking forward to playing A Fumble In The Dark. (A sequel to this game)
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Dec. 2024
Zany, fun, lowbrow; The Darkside Detective keeps churning out spoof after spoof of occult horror. Easy to become involved with, and surprisingly good for a game that keeps all aspects of its delivery uncomplicated. Polishing it up to sharpen that "edge" would definitely pull this game up to the next level. where it's not a fringe game people play out of curiosity. The Darkside Detective reminds me of computer games from my youth when I really, really enjoyed playing them. Rated 7 out of 10.
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Nov. 2024
A great little point & click romp. I love the pixel art and silly jokes. Good fun!
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Nov. 2024
9 cases. Takes about 6 hours to finish the whole game. Good humor, good puzzles. Would recommend, but especially on sale given how short it is.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Darkside Detective is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Darkside Detective is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

The Darkside Detective received 4,464 positive votes out of a total of 4,724 achieving an impressive rating of 9.10.
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The Darkside Detective was developed by Spooky Doorway and published by Akupara Games.

The Darkside Detective is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Darkside Detective is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Darkside Detective is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Darkside Detective is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for The Darkside Detective. Explore additional content available for The Darkside Detective on Steam.

The Darkside Detective does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Darkside Detective does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Darkside Detective 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 The Darkside Detective.

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The Darkside Detective
14.79€ -94% 14.79€ 0.89€ -94% 14.79€ 1.00€
9.1
4,464
260
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Developer
Spooky Doorway
Publisher
Akupara Games
Release 27 Jul 2017
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