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When the Darkness comes

Developed by
  1. Sirhaian
Published by
  1. Sirhaian
Peak #797
Current #1067
Top 1K 76%
Gem Peak #892

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When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

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Dates

Released
2019-03-01
First review
2019-03-01
Age on Steam
808 days (2.2 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
7,204 0 (0%)
Reviews per day
8
Positive reviews
6,639 (92.2%)
Days in top 1000
622 (76%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
540K–901K 720,400

Pricing

Release price
Free since launch

Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Psychological Horror 142
  2. Free to Play 136
  3. Indie 94
  4. Walking Simulator 90
  5. Horror 85
  6. First-Person 80
  7. Dynamic Narration 63
  8. Adventure 62
  9. Narration 58
  10. Atmospheric 51
  11. Dark 47
  12. Story Rich 37
  13. Singleplayer 32
  1. Psychological 27
  2. Choices Matter 22
  3. Emotional 20
  4. Puzzle 19
  5. Perma Death 13
  6. Multiplayer 5

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: May 16, 2021 04:30
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