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Addictive and vicious retro-styled comedy puzzler chock full of profanity, abuse, unfairness and warped logic. Will You: Go North? Find Light Switch? Cower and whimper like a beaten swine? Make your decision and escape The Dark Room! Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!
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Review score: 89% on 2026-11-01 → 89% today (109 reviews)
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AN UPDATE! (April 2026)Hey folks! Here's where this build of The Dark Room on Steam currently stands: 1. I've got a great team of folks helping try to get the game finished / remade. Since about 2023 Imre Jele of Bossa Games has been assisting and we've spoken…
Hola, Darrens! I'm told today's new update has fixed the checkpoint-loops-but-only-to-death bug. I'll start again. I'm told today's new update has fixed the checkpoint-loops-but-only-to-death bug. I'll start again. I'm told today's new update has fixed the che…
Hello, Darrens! Welcome to the new build! Here's what we've got: 1. One of the causes of the infamous Fatal Error has been destroyed! If you're still experiencing the Fatal Error, please let us know! 2. Four new Achievements have been added! Good luck getting …
Howdy, Darrens! Another update's been scheduled, if it's not gone up already. This one includes: 1. A bunch of technical stuff I didn't entirely understand, but I hear is super-useful! 2. The first batch of new achievements we're rolling out for Level 1! Live …
Hello, Darrens! BEWARE Update to the latest version - the puppy is no longer immortal! I repeat, the puppy will not come back from the dead after it has been killed. More changes, fixes as we go. The team is working on level 2 - remember, if you've bought leve…
Hello, Darrens! Version 0.9.0 has been uploaded! Bugfixes include: 1. Improved subtitles 2. Bethlehem is now escapable 3. Options screen now properly sets window mode and resolution 4. General error smashing.
Welcome to 2019, Darrens! The team is working on new art for level 2, and damn it, it's going to be an exciting year for this brutal little puzzle and party game. Here's how we kicked the year off, with 8/10 review from from the UK's premier science fiction ma…
Hello, Darrens! It's the night before Christmas, and all through the house, a creature is stirring, and you're going die. (No, it doesn't rhyme, but when you're dashing through the room, while a white-haired demon slays, you don't have time for poetry.) The Da…
Hello, folks! Been awhile! I've been on tour! PAX Australia was a blast - we sold out of printed Steam Keys and t-shirts, but there's good news for folks who'd like to buy a The Dark Room pin down the line... stay tuned. The Dark Room live show went off - a be…
UPDATES IN 0.10.0 - The spoiler is now, hopefully, permanently, dead. - The game's icon is now The Guardian's face on Windows. - The Fatal Error still exists at the end of The Bad Way Out. We will, however, destroy it, but first we must learn its ways.
Howdy, Darrens! SEVEN ESCAPEES! SEVEN! SEVEN! The sink is clogged at my house! This is no-one's fault but my own, but when it's too late to do anything about anything, what else is there to do but complain on the internet? The leaderboard is updated! They are:…
As for 19:40 BST, four Darrens in total have escaped glorious Level One. They are: 1. Lustriga of the Darrenzord 2. That Retro Video Gamer Darren 3. Darren of the Mills 4. Defective Inspector Darren Onto victory. Viva la darkness.
Hello, Darrens! As of 4:40pm 24/10/18 (BST) three of you have managed to find the Good Exit to Level One. They are, in order: 1. Lustriga of the Darrenzord 2. That Retro Video Gamer Darren 3. Darren of the Mills
Ah, I'm so happy! The game is finally out! Welcome to Level One of The Dark Room! It wasn't always our plan to release the game in parts, but I think the team at Stirfire and I have put together a damn good adventure that you'll really enjoy/ become insane wit…
YouTube superstar and lovely haircut man DAGames made a 25 minute Let's Play of an earlier build of The Dark Room: Level One! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEMMq0BhDk&feature=youtu.be
The fine and good and noble Darrens over at Blazing Minds loved the game! HOT-DIGGETY-DAMN! https://blazingminds.co.uk/dark-room-september-pc/
... and it's 9/10 from Game Ladder Network! "bring some painkillers, because your sides will split from laughter" https://www.gameladdernetwork.com/review/the-dark-room.html
Howdy folks! We're 4 days out from release! So, have some news stories! After six years of touring The Dark Room live show across the UK, Australia, South-East Asia and every place on the planet that isn't America (I like America, just haven't been over yet), …