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When the Darkness comes

Sirhaian

When the Darkness comes

Taking around an hour on the first play-through, "When The Darkness Comes" feels like you're wandering around a glitchy hard drive full of abstract dreams and beautiful nightmares. The narrator initially makes it feel like a comedic game, but it soon starts to take a darker tone as you travel down the bizarre broken rabbit hole that explores the darkest themes of the human mind.

Released
12 January 2019
Developer
Sirhaian
Publisher
Sirhaian
Engine
Unity3D
Perspective
First person
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Adventure · Indie
Also known as
WTDC
Estimated owners
200,000–500,000 (est.)
83
Player rating
90
Critic rating
22
Ratings counted
92.3%
Steam reviews
32
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Taking around an hour on the first play-through, "When The Darkness Comes" feels like you’re wandering around a glitchy hard drive full of abstract dreams and beautiful nightmares. The narrator initially makes it feel like a comedic game, but it soon starts to take a darker tone as you travel down the bizarre broken rabbit hole that explores the darkest themes of the human mind. From a Factory to underwater, from a crystal forest to an Angel sanctuary, or from a dark metro to a white desert, When the Darkness comes offers a multitude of digital landscapes that will activate your senses and imagination.

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Reviews and languages

92.3% of 8,424 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Very Positive”.

1 languages in the interface, 1 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.

Publisher's content notice

This game explores themes such as depression, anxiety, verbal abuse, manipulative control, and suicide.

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