The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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Price $ 12.99
Players 13 Last 10 minutes
13 Last 7 days
215 All time @ 18 Apr 21 18:04
Followers 4,417 (Group)
Review Score 97.43% (834 21 )
Platforms
Release Date 15 Apr 2021
Demos The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark Demo
Genres Casual Indie Adventure
Features Single-player Partial Controller Support Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Steam Trading Cards
Developers Spooky Doorway
Publishers Akupara Games
Tags
Story Rich 786
Detective 781
Pixel Graphics 779
Point & Click 778
Comedy 756
Mystery 733
Puzzle 700
Atmospheric 671
Casual 667
Text-Based 644
2D 589
Dark Comedy 578
Visual Novel 569
Adventure 568
Investigation 565
Exploration 548
Interactive Fiction 540
Dark Humor 532
Funny 529
Retro 518
Demons 484
Singleplayer 414
Horror 330
Cartoony 304
Old School 296
Hidden Object 276
Survival Horror 214
Hand-drawn 206
Lovecraftian 202
Indie 145
1980s 89
1990's 85
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Name Count
Story Rich 786
Detective 781
Pixel Graphics 779
Point & Click 778
Comedy 756
Mystery 733
Puzzle 700
Atmospheric 671
Casual 667
Text-Based 644
2D 589
Dark Comedy 578
Visual Novel 569
Adventure 568
Investigation 565
Exploration 548
Interactive Fiction 540
Dark Humor 532
Funny 529
Retro 518
Demons 484
Singleplayer 414
Horror 330
Cartoony 304
Old School 296
Hidden Object 276
Survival Horror 214
Hand-drawn 206
Lovecraftian 202
Indie 145
1980s 89
1990's 85
Country Final Initial Discount %
Chinese Renminbi
Chinese Renminbi
 CN¥ 43.00 n/a n/a
Euro
Euro
 € 11.49 n/a n/a
Russian Ruble
Russian Ruble
 RUB 289.00 n/a n/a
Pound Sterling
Pound Sterling
 £ 9.99 n/a n/a
United States Dollar
United States Dollar
 $ 12.99 n/a n/a
Stats
Peak All Time 215
Peak Last 7 days 13
Peak Last 10 minutes 13
Average Playtime (On Global Steam) 2 hours, 53 minutes
Owners By Steam Spy
Owners 20,000 - 50,000
Average Playtime (Two Weeks) 0 hours
Average Playtime (Forever) 4.7 hours
Median Playtime (Two Weeks) 0 hours
Median Playtime (Forever) 5 hours
Player Countries
United States 27.44%
China 9.42%
United Kingdom 9.07%
Germany 7.18%
Canada 4.83%
Argentina 3.89%
Russia 3.06%
France 2.94%
Australia 2.36%
Brazil 1.77%
Netherlands 1.77%
Poland 1.65%
Belgium 1.53%
Finland 1.41%
Sweden 1.41%
Turkey 1.30%
Austria 0.94%
Norway 0.94%
Denmark 0.94%
Ireland 0.82%
Spain 0.82%
Italy 0.71%
Switzerland 0.71%
Hungary 0.59%
Portugal 0.59%
Czech Republic 0.59%
Singapore 0.59%
Israel 0.47%
Chile 0.47%
South Korea 0.47%
Belarus 0.47%
Hong Kong 0.47%
Japan 0.47%
Ukraine 0.35%
New Zealand 0.35%
Romania 0.35%
Greece 0.35%
Iran 0.24%
Ivory Coast 0.24%
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.24%
Estonia 0.24%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.24%
Slovenia 0.24%
Malaysia 0.24%
Mexico 0.24%
South Africa 0.24%
Vatican City 0.24%
Niger 0.24%
Uganda 0.24%
Antarctica 0.24%
Philippines 0.24%
Slovakia 0.12%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.12%
Taiwan 0.12%
Falkland Islands 0.12%
Gabon 0.12%
Solomon Islands 0.12%
Azerbaijan 0.12%
Indonesia 0.12%
India 0.12%
Kazakhstan 0.12%
Isle of Man 0.12%
North Korea 0.12%
Uzbekistan 0.12%
Pakistan 0.12%
Iceland 0.12%
Saudi Arabia 0.12%
Christmas Island 0.12%
Montenegro 0.12%
Malta 0.12%
Cuba 0.12%
Bulgaria 0.12%
Liechtenstein 0.12%
Guam 0.12%
Lithuania 0.12%
Venezuela 0.12%
Nicaragua 0.12%
Oman 0.12%
From Global Steam players
Player Count - 1 Week
Player Count - All Time
Player Count - By Time of Day/Week
Averages taken over the last 4 weeks.
Followers
Wishlists
From 2,526,459 Global Steam players.
Top Players
Rank Flag Player Time
Name Release
Achievements
28
Average Completion
32.03%
Achievement Distribution
Data from Global Steam players who have at least one achievement
Achievement Unlocked At Avg Completion
Title Date
ID Name
Bundles
Name Discount Apps Packages Updated At
Packages
Name Billing License Status Apps
Score is calculated using:
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Game Same Owners Total Owners Score
Global Steam Score
97.43%
Metacritic Score
84%
A selection of the 855 reviews
Screenshots
15
Movies
2
Media 0 Media 1 Media 2 Media 3 Media 4 Media 5 Media 6 Media 7 Media 8 Media 9 Media 10 Media 11 Media 12 Media 13 Media 14
Key Section Value
version Other 16
change_number Other 15643451
updated_steam Other 05 Aug 22 14:23
updated_global_steam Other 11 Aug 22 11:39
type Other Game
developer Extended Spooky Doorway
homepage Extended http://darksidedetective.com/
publisher Extended Akupara Games
associations Common
  • Publisher: Akupara Games
  • Franchise: Akupara Games
  • Franchise: The Darkside Detective
  • Developer: Spooky Doorway
category Common 2, 18, 22, 23, 29, 45, 46
clienticon Common
clienttga Common a78ca5de4c5666fe2538ae66314bbb69c6257a99
community_hub_visible Common
community_visible_stats Common
controller_support Common Partial
gameid Common 795420
genres Common 4, 23, 25
header_image Common
  • english: header.jpg
icon Common
languages Common english, french, german, schinese, spanish
library_assets Common
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logo Common
logo_small Common
metacritic_fullurl Common https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-darkside-detective-a-fumble-in-the-dark?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
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metacritic_score Common 84%
name Common The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
osarch Common
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oslist Common linux, macos, windows
primary_genre Common 25
releasestate Common Released
review_percentage Common 97%
review_score Common 9
small_capsule Common
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steam_release_date Common 15 Apr 13:00
store_asset_mtime Common 08 Jul 10:58
store_tags Common 21, 597, 1664, 1698, 1719, 1742, 3799, 3834, 3871, 3964, 4004, 4136, 4166, 5613, 5716, 5923, 8369, 11014, 19995, 31275
supported_languages Common Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Spanish
type Common Game
maxnumfiles UFS 100
quota UFS 100 MB
rootoverrides UFS
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savefiles UFS
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  • Path: Spooky Doorway/The Darkside Detective 2 Pattern: *.save Root: WinAppDataLocalLow
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steamcontrollertemplateindex Config
steamcontrollertouchtemplateindex Config
The Darkside Detective : Season 2 Windows Depot
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Branches
Name Description Build ID Time Updated Password Required LCS Required Default For Subs Unlock For Subs
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legacy_build A pin of the last public build. For debug or emergency rollback purposes. 6683970 1622041091
public_debug A branch with a similar version to the released version, but built with debug settings. 6839139 1623241957
staging A branch for builds about to be released. 9205948 1658992657
thunderbirds Branch for testing the Thunderbirds DLC case. 8670897 1651608984
2020.3 A branch for a build created with an upgraded engine 7560828 1634656436
akupara_dev Deploy Akupara Job Here 7844043 1638912000
chinese_localisation chinese_localisation 8369341 1647287530
closed_demo A private demo. 6503186 1617810314
1. Windows
Order 0
Executable The Darkside Detective 2.exe
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Executable The Darkside Detective 2.app/Contents/MacOS/The Darkside Detective 2
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Executable The Darkside Detective 2.x86_64
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