Dark Pals: The 1st Floor

Dark Pals: The 1st Floor

Steam Deck Playable

Skunx Games · Horror · May 1, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $6.70. It has been as low as $4.48.

88%
Very Positive
739 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 739 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 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 caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Story wise there's nothing here, like it tries to be tongue and cheek in regards to it being a Poppy Playtime clone but doesn't do enough to actually subvert anything and it comes out the same.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The animations are spectacular, the level design and visuals are superb, the sense of dread and tension builds well, the puzzles are enjoyable and not overly complex, and the chase sequences are frantic and fun, even if they feel like guesswork with some fairly poor and inconsistent telegraphing (it's either hard to tell where to run next, or there's literally red footprints on the ground showing you where to go...)
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music and sound design is so good, it sent shivers.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters89 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay44 reviews
68%
Interface7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs14 reviews
36%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $6.70. The lowest we've tracked is $4.48.

5 points recordedtoday · $6.70

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.