The Dark Room

Release Date: 2018-09-19

Developer: Stirfire Studios;The Fear Corp

Genres: Adventure, Indie, Early Access

Price: 9.99

What is the Dark Room? The Dark Room is:1. Sadism. With jokes.2. An addictive throwback to 1980s text adventure games. 3. A one-of-a-kind retro-styled comedy puzzler that pits your pitiful brain against brutal deathtraps in the pursuit of freedom. 4. An adventure with a deep hidden story you can only unlock through skill patience and exploration. 5. The kind of thing you can send to your friends just to make them very very angry. 6. The exact opposite of an open-world game. 7. Like Fortnite but only in the sense that itll make you want to kill. With over three-and-a-half hours of recorded content plus profanity comedy body horror puzzles and warped logic this is the Dark Souls of text adventures the BDSM of RPGs itd be a walking simulator but only if you were walking through a minefield.Level One has 60 minutes of specially mo-capped dialogue and performance while levels 2 3 and Darkest give you even more and will bring you the true story of Darren. Your money goes into making the game bigger louder and more dangerous!The Dark Room is the videogame adaptation of the interactive stage show of the same name from comedian John Robertson. So play this then when the show comes to your town gather with the other survivors. Just remember - YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!Pick up the game while its in Early Access and help us create the full Dark Room experience!This is the future of gaming. - Ron Gilbert on Twitter. (Original version 2012)Is there a map? Im lost. - Ron Gilbert on Twitter three hours later. (Original version 2012)The Dark Room is the stern scolding we all deserve... one of the most clever hilarious and innovative takes on the genre Ive ever seen - PC PowerPlay8/10 - Starburst MagazineI ate lint - GameInformer AU