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Dark Fall: The Journal

Buy79%

Mostly Positive · 311 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Darkling Room · Adventure · Dec 3, 2013

Player review score
79%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Dark Fall: The Journal?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 311 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 220 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise33% are divided17% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
73 of 220 sampled reviews raised it
The story was really engaging, and it really got deeper as you went on.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
35 of 220 sampled reviews raised it
There are several nice things like the voices, the clever puzzles, the sound effects and the somewhat effective mystery atmosphere.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
30 of 220 sampled reviews raised it
The open world nature of Dark Fall: The Journal means that getting stuck on one puzzle is not the end of the world and most solutions make sense: there is no "moon logic" or brute forcing required here (though some puzzles can be solved like that).

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story73 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Gameplay30 reviews
Divided opinion
Graphics
65% still recommend
Difficulty
89% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
69% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.24.

6 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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