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The Darkside Detective
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
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Very Positive (3,241) - 94% of the 3,241 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Jul 27, 2017
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Recommended
By Abrix January 6, 2019

“One Word - Good. If you like point & click adventure storytype game, then this game is good to play, the graphics and gameplay is mediocre, but i love the storytelling. Definitely recommended..”

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Reviews

“...one of the most entertaining and rewarding points and click games I've ever played.”
9 – Richard Seagrave - GameSpew

“It may be a self-described “micro-adventure” game, but despite its simple style and presentation, The Darkside Detective has a lot of heart”
8 – Chloi Rad - IGN

“[One of] the best point and click adventure games of all time”
Leah Williams - Kotaku

Feature List

• 9 paranormal bite-sized micro cases to investigate around Twin Lakes City, including a Christmas Spectacular Special
• At least three jokes
• Cutting edge, high definition pixels
• One free curse-removal, up to and including mid-level witch hexes
• Music from Ben Prunty, the audiomancer behind gems such as Into the Breach, Subnautica, and FTL

About This Game



Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Where cultists crawl, where demons dwell, where the occult… occults? *ahem* That's where you’ll find Detective Francis McQueen, the lead investigator of the criminally underfunded Darkside Division. When evil darkens the doorsteps of Twin Lakes City – hell, even when it just loiters around shop fronts or hangs out in shady alleyways – he’s there, ready to investigate the cases that nobody else will.

He is The Darkside Detective.



The COMPLETE SEASON ONE collection of this multi award-winning comedic serial adventure sees Detective McQueen and his sidekick, Officer Patrick Dooley, investigating cases plaguing Twin Lakes and its colorful citizens. Point at everything in sight, click around mysterious and eerie locations, and use your wits (or borrow a friend’s) to lay these cases to rest!

System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Pentium 4
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Pentium 4
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Dedicated GPU
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS X 10.7+
    • Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Mac OS X Yosemite
    • Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Dedicated GPU
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
    • Processor: Pentium 4
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Chipset 3000
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
    • Processor: Pentium 4
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Dedicated GPU
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
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