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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.
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About The Darkside Detective
About this game
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, mafia zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
Where cultists crawl, where demons dwell, where the occult… occults? *ahem* That's where you’ll find Detective Francis McQueen, the lead investigator of the criminally underfunded Darkside Division. When evil darkens the doorsteps of Twin Lakes City – hell, even when it just loiters around shop fronts or hangs out in shady alleyways – he’s there, ready to investigate the cases that nobody else will.
He is The Darkside Detective.
The COMPLETE SEASON ONE collection of this multi-award-winning comedic serial adventure sees Detective McQueen and his sidekick, Officer Patrick Dooley, investigating cases plaguing Twin Lakes and its colourful citizens. Point at everything in sight, click around mysterious and eerie locations, and use your wits (or borrow a friend’s) to lay these cases to rest!
Feature List
- 9 paranormal bite-sized micro cases to investigate around Twin Lakes City, including a Christmas Spectacular Special
- At least three jokes
- Cutting-edge, high-definition pixels
- One free curse removal, up to and including mid-level witch hexes
- Music from Ben Prunty, the audio manner behind gems such as Into the Breach, Subnautica, and FTL
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- July 27, 2017
- Developer:
- Spooky Doorway
- Publisher:
- Akupara Games
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Link:
- Play Styles:
- Singleplayer
2D
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Partial Controller Support
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Pentium 4
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Pentium 4
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- 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
Recommended:
- OS: Mac OS X Yosemite
- Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Processor: Pentium 4
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Processor: Pentium 4
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Critic Reviews
Based on 11 Critics
PC Gamer
82 / 100"A smart but simple adventure that's exactly the right kind of spooky. It's short, but superb. More please. [Nov 2017, p.81]"
GameGrin
100 / 100"The Darkside Detective is an adventure game that will have you laughing as you solve the mysteries behind the paranormal events plaguing Twin Lakes. With great visuals, music...
Ragequit.gr
92 / 100"Crafted with pure love and soul and aimed with deadly precision at the heart of every thirtysomething who grew up on Blyton, Pratchett, Addams, Lovecraft and Poe, The Darkside...
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The Darkside Detective User Reviews
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Me
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Great, fun game. Game has interesting stories.
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Kelb
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Very fun game. Love the writing. I beat the basic game but the bonus levels are tricky. A good buy.
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Damen
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Great point and click adventure. Love the art style. The game isn't very long, but the puzzles are enjoyable jokes are hilarious.
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Mr Bombastic
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Wonderful detective game with a lot of humor
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Frequently Asked Questions
According to ACB, The Darkside Detective is suitable for players aged 15 and above.
Yes, The Darkside Detective is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that The Darkside Detective is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Pentium 4
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Pentium 4
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Minimum:
- 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
Recommended:
- OS: Mac OS X Yosemite
- Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU
- Storage: 1 GB available space
64% of critics on Metacritic recommend The Darkside Detective. The Metascore is 77 out of 100.
96% of Fanatical users recommend The Darkside Detective. The average review score is 4.8/5
The Darkside Detective was released on July 27, 2017
Yes, The Darkside Detective supports MacOS.
Yes, The Darkside Detective supports Linux.
The Darkside Detective is published by Akupara Games
The Darkside Detective was developed by Spooky Doorway
Fanatical users tagged The Darkside Detective as Point & Click, Adventure, Story Rich, and Puzzle
Fanatical users tagged The Darkside Detective as Pixel Graphics, Investigation, Detective, and Comedy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Darkside Detective as Point & Click
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Darkside Detective as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Darkside Detective as Story Rich
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