Adventure · July 27, 2017

The Darkside Detective (2017)

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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. Where cultists crawl, where demons dwell, where the occult… occults? *ahem* That's where you’ll find Detective Francis McQueen, the lead investigator of the criminally underfunded Darkside Division. When evil darkens the doorsteps of Twin Lakes City – hell, even when it just loiters around shop fronts or hangs out in shady alleyways – he’s there, ready to investigate the cases that nobody else will. He is The Darkside Detective. The COMPLETE SEASON ONE collection of this multi award-winning comedic serial adventure sees Detective McQueen and his sidekick, Officer Patrick Dooley, investigating cases plaguing Twin Lakes and its colorful citizens. Point at everything in sight, click around mysterious and eerie locations, and use your wits (or borrow a friend’s) to lay these cases to rest!

Adventure releases from 2017

78 Adventure titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Point & Click · 241
  • Detective · 234
  • Pixel Graphics · 230
  • Adventure · 223
  • Story Rich · 220
  • Mystery · 205
  • Comedy · 194
  • Funny · 188
  • Singleplayer · 177
  • Indie · 169
  • Supernatural · 164
  • Retro · 153
  • Puzzle · 151
  • 2D · 139
  • Casual · 121

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.7k Steam reviewsTop 49% in Adventure
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 34%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 77 — top 59% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 74% for session depth among Adventure

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support
  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player
  • Mouse Only Option
  • Save Anytime
  • Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 4.7k reviews

4.4k positive · 283 negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.4/10

Curator recommendations

3.6k

Press Quotes

“...one of the most entertaining and rewarding points and click games I've ever played.” 9 – Richard Seagrave - GameSpew “It may be a self-described “micro-adventure” game, but despite its simple style and presentation, The Darkside Detective has a lot of heart” 8 – Chloi Rad - IGN “[One of] the best point and click adventure games of all time” Leah Williams - Kotaku

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 27, 2017
DeveloperSpooky Doorway
PublisherAkupara Games
Base price$6.74 -55%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

30

Steam unlocks available

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese

Editions & Packages

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