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When the Darkness comes

Developed by
  1. Sirhaian
Published by
  1. Sirhaian
Peak #797
Current #1101
Top 1K 63%
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
972 days (2.6 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
7,443 0 (0%)
Reviews per day
7
Positive reviews
6,874 (92.4%)
Days in top 1000
622 (63%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
558K–930K 744,300

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 147
  2. Free to Play 140
  3. Indie 97
  4. Walking Simulator 94
  5. Horror 87
  6. First-Person 84
  7. Dynamic Narration 66
  8. Adventure 64
  9. Narration 60
  10. Atmospheric 55
  11. Dark 52
  12. Story Rich 41
  13. Singleplayer 34
  1. Psychological 31
  2. Choices Matter 25
  3. Emotional 23
  4. Puzzle 19
  5. Perma Death 14

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

Details last updated: October 27, 2021 04:33

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