Retrofiction Games Announces Dead of Darkness Release Date and Details
Gaming Staff • January 9, 2025
Pc Games Indie Game Action Game Role Playing Game Early AccessRetrofiction Games, an independent developer, has announced that its 2D survival-horror game, Dead of Darkness, will be launched for PC on January 23, 2025. The game will be available for $15.99 on Steam, with a 15% discount during the launch week. Dead of Darkness features a 12-hour campaign with a rich narrative, foreboding atmosphere, deep lore, and devious puzzles. Players can choose from four difficulty settings, and additional levels and New Game Plus mode will be unlocked upon completion.
The game boasts pixel-perfect, sprite-based art, high-definition anime-style illustrations, atmospheric lighting and sound design, and two hours of fully voiced cutscenes. The voice-over will be available in English, and the game will support full German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Simplified Chinese localization.
Dead of Darkness offers a complex, multi-layered narrative, challenging survival-horror, intense hallucinations, relentless enemies, and detective gameplay. A demo is available on Steam, and Eastasiasoft will bring the game to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox consoles at a later date.
Retrofiction Games is a solo developer based in Osterholz, Germany, aiming to create narratively-driven experiences that combine retro and contemporary styles of gaming, with a focus on horror themes and adventure elements. Dead of Darkness is its first commercial release. For more information, visit the official website or follow Retrofiction Games on Bluesky and X. Key requests are now open for Dead of Darkness, and review code can be requested using the Key Request Form.
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