The Darkside Detective

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 4,571 reviews of which 4,324 were positive and 247 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

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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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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

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.

Nov. 2024

A great little point & click romp. I love the pixel art and silly jokes. Good fun!

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.

May 2024

Very simple quest for the kids or people who like pixel art. No real puzzle challenges. The story is fun and there's a lot of humor, however the game is short. If you love British comedies like Blackadder and surreal mysteries like Twin Peaks, The Darkside Detective is a retro-styled supernatural adventure game you don’t want to miss. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3236812083 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025252443

March 2024

Such a great retro style game! Super funny, and the puzzles make sense. Had a great time playing, kudos to the developers!

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