The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is a detective, pixel graphics and point & click game developed by Spooky Doorway and published by Akupara Games.
Released on April 15th 2021 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 1,687 reviews of which 1,628 were positive and 59 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.19€ on Instant Gaming.


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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: 2 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.7+
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • 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

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Oct. 2024
I always expected The Darkside Detective to be funny, but this sequel still surprised me with its spooky antics and laugh-out-loud moments.
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June 2024
If you love Mystery + Detective genre, you'll enjoy this game. If you love 'Film Noir' + 'Monkey Island' games, you'll enjoy this game. Some of the puzzles are stupidly difficult to solve but other than that, all is fine.
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June 2024
The Darkside Detective series is something truly special. I fell in love with the first installment so playing this title was a no-brainer. In comparison to "The Darkside Detective", "The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark" is a bit longer, achievements took me some more time and the quality... is even better. Everything you loved is grander in the sequel. You can read many ravishing reviews praising the pixel graphics, the soundtrack but for me, the greatest thing is the writing. It's not "just" the characters that are interesting, likeable; written in a way you're getting invested into their background stories. Not only the cases which are a perfect mixture of intriguing and absurd for you to keep wanting more. For me it's the undeniable talent and wit that made this universe come to life, the attention to detail and writing dozens of clever jokes to put in this game so that every time you click on something, you laugh. I play many point and click games, many detective games too, and this is the one I would recommend to anyone, both enthusiasts of this genre and people who are new to it. Buy it, at full price, it's worth it (or wait for sale and buy both parts of the game).
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June 2024
This sequel continues the humorous paranormal investigations. With its pixel art style and witty writing, the game offers engaging puzzles and quirky characters. While its humor may not suit all tastes, its balanced difficulty and replayability make it a charming addition to the point&click adventure genre. My minor nitpick is that although in the game's description it says " Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases ", when in reality there are only 8 chapters with him. The 9th chapter is dedicated to the supporting characters. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3261366957 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3141953076
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May 2024
They took a great game, and made an even better sequel. Memorable characters, mystifying mysteries, the ghost of Nikola Tesla vowing revenge on a robot pigeon - this game has it all. Strong recommend if you liked the first game. Do recommend you play the first game first. You'll spoil some major plot points if you don't.
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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
9.2
1,628
59
Online players
8
Developer
Spooky Doorway
Publisher
Akupara Games
Release 15 Apr 2021
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