The Dark Room

The Dark Room

Steam Deck · unrated

Developers At Large · Early Access · Sep 20, 2018

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $13.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

90%
Very Positive
124 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 124 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 120 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise20% are divided40% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
based on John "Robbotron" Robertson's stage show the dark room is a fun adventure game based on the text based adventure games of the early days of computing just with better graphics lol. i love this game and if you have ever seen or are a fan of the stage show then defo pick this up.
3 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Well-rendered and well-produced, with solid graphics and excellent sound design and audio.
3 of 120 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 love2 themes
Graphics3 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters8 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs5 reviews
100%
Crashes5 reviews
40%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $13.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $13.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
11
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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