- Publisher: Spooky Doorway , Isometric Dreams
- Release Date: Feb 7, 2018
- Also On: iPhone/iPad, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 29
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Mixed: 4 out of 29
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Negative: 1 out of 29
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The Darkside DetectiveYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings
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Jul 20, 2018The game has great atmosphere and humour. The plots are not very original but it's a fun ride despite that. It's a short game, which is disappointing for the price. Buy it in a sale if you can.
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Mar 29, 2020I'm sorry, I really want to like this game and it has so much that I should enjoy. Point-click like my childhood, paranormal investigation for some silly spooks, but this game is just dumb and the controls do not feel good enough to bother.
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May 15, 2018Overall, The Darkside Detective is a wonderful experience that I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with a Switch, whether they’re a point-and-click fan or not. It comes in easily digestible chunks, the laughs are great, the devs avoid engaging in stump the player, and it has charm for days. Winner!
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Apr 9, 2018A highly recommended game if you grew up with point-and-click adventures of yesteryear and whilst it won’t be for everyone, even if you’ve never experienced one of those types of games before you can do a lot worse than choosing this one as your first.
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Mar 19, 2018It describes itself as a micro-adventure, which apparently is a fancy way of saying that it features puzzles that don’t require a dozen random steps to complete, but, instead, follow fairly straightforward, linear logic. It’s funny, it poses just the right level of challenge, the characters are delightful — if that’s how you define micro-adventure, I’m all for the subgenre.