
- 75/100
- Players22 ratings
- 90/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 76/100
- GameFAQsEasy-Just Right
- 3.67/5
- Player reviews
- 92% positive8,425 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- Free
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2019 · Sirhaian · Adventure · Indie
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
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- AdventureIndie
- Developers
- Sirhaian
- Publishers
- Sirhaian
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- HorrorThrillerDramaMystery
- Engine
- Unity3D
- Languages
- English
- Features
- Family SharingSingle-playerSteam achievements
- Time to beat
- 1.5hmain story1.5hwith extras3hcompletionist
›Story
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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