When the Darkness comes

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Released Mar 1, 2019by SirhaianVery Positive(92% of 8.4K Steam reviews)Recent: 96% positive

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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About When the Darkness comes

A Game Without Meaning.
A Game Nobody Should Play.


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.

A clock, a piano and a girl. What do they all mean?
What is meaning, anyway? What has meaning?
Do you have one? A path, a goal, something determined, pre-determined?
A light to follow?

Discover a world filled with loneliness and fear. A world where despair breathes and hope dies. A world about you, about us. A world about humanity and about life.

Before Starting

This Experience is NOT for everyone.
This Experience explores themes such as depression, anxiety, verbal abuse, manipulative control, and suicide.
This game could also potentially trigger epilepsy attacks.
Seriously, do NOT play this Experience if you believe this might affect you in any way.

The first Arc should take about one hour to complete.

About the Experience

This was the culmination of a self exploration into my own psyche. If it can help anyone else explore their own I am thankful for that, and if the game isn't to your liking I appreciate you taking the time to try it anyway. I won't be updating it anymore (safe for major bugs) since it was simply an outlet for my own creativity but enjoy it as it is.

Controls

Movement: WASD or arrow keys
Interact: F
Jump: Space
Sprint: Shift

There's a toggle to swap between AZERTY and QWERTY layouts in-game.

This Experience might not be suitable for streaming audiences.

Game details

Game details

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Playable
Steam rating
Very Positive (92%)

Age ratings

IGRS 18DEJUS 16STEAM_GERMANY 16

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When the Darkness comes player count & reviews

95% positive reviews in the last 30 days (92% all-time) · ~1 new reviews/day · 3 peak players in the last 30 days.

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How many people play When the Darkness comes?

When the Darkness comes peaked at 3 concurrent players on Steam in the last 30 days (highest on Jul 10, 2026). The player chart on this page updates daily.

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System requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3xxx
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 970
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 550 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS *: Windows 7,8,10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 and up, or similar.
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 1060 and up, or similar.
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 550 MB available space

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