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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

Spooky Doorway · Akupara Games · 2021-04-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Apr 15, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 15, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Apr 15, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Apr 15, 2021 (Xbox One), Apr 15, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

96%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (147 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 143 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,031 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$5.78-61%
GOG$6.75-55%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.00 at GameBillet (2026-09-08) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 158 of 197 observed days · $2.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13513520212026Week of 2021-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.35$4.002021-04-142026-10-142021-04-14 — best price $12.992021-06-24 — best price $11.042021-09-28 — best price $12.992021-11-27 — best price $11.692022-01-24 — best price $7.792022-04-13 — best price $12.992022-06-17 — best price $12.992022-08-23 — best price $8.992022-10-27 — best price $7.992022-12-18 — best price $12.992023-02-07 — best price $6.792023-04-01 — best price $11.692023-05-30 — best price $11.892023-07-29 — best price $7.602023-10-31 — best price $14.992023-12-20 — best price $14.992024-02-22 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $8.242024-05-25 — best price $11.892024-07-17 — best price $11.512024-08-28 — best price $11.012024-11-21 — best price $5.612025-01-24 — best price $7.492025-03-27 — best price $7.492025-05-15 — best price $7.492025-06-30 — best price $7.502025-08-30 — best price $11.512025-10-28 — best price $5.612025-12-11 — best price $4.792026-02-17 — best price $5.442026-04-07 — best price $5.512026-05-26 — best price $11.072026-07-24 — best price $6.752026-09-06 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $5.782026-10-14 — best price $6.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "An Eye For Detail"
33.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-04-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,62825%30
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCasualComedyPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichText-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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