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I Can't Escape: Darkness cover art

I Can't Escape: Darkness

Fancy Fish Games · 2015-09-17

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 17, 2015 (Mac), Sep 17, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2015 (Linux)

I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!

79%
positive of 75 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 27,144 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152026Week of 2015-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-09-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureDifficultControllerAtmosphericFirst-PersonReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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