The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark overview

Overview

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark comes from Spooky Doorway and is published by Akupara Games. It arrived on Steam on Apr 15, 2021, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, and Playable without Timed Input. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 11 players at 22 September 2026 - 02:04:33 UTC, with a tracked peak near 32. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 96% positive across 1,936 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is available in 5 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark has sold up to 60,330 units and has 1,630 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $570,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark overview details

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Feature List • 9 unique cases, the likes of which you’ve never seen before (not a guarantee) • Uses both pointing and clicking technology • Music from Thomas O'Boyle, a totally-living composer, definitely not undead • Photo-Realistic* Pixel Rendering (*Depends on your definition of photo-realism) • 1 mail-in rebate per customer on exorcism services for hauntings resulting from play • A brief recap of the events of "The Darkside Detective" for anyone who hasn't played it and doesn't want to About the Game Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town. Twin Lakes is a cursed city. Less cursed than say, “Demons are tearing it apart” but more cursed than “always loses its keys” or “often steps in puddles”. It’s roughly in the middle of the cursed scale, is what we’re trying to say. Cursed enough that it’s a nuisance. Cursed enough that somebody has to deal with it… That’s where The Darkside Detective comes in. Whenever you hear a bump in the night, feel a tingle up your spine, or smell something fishy, Detective Francis McQueen isn’t far behind. No, he doesn’t smell of fish - it’s a phrase, come on... Picking up after the events of The Darkside Detective, McQueen has to save his usually-present (in body, if not mind) sidekick Officer Dooley from the Darkside, so the two can get back to what they do best - investigating t…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is listed as a game with $5.24 (65% off from $14.99). It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, and Playable without Timed Input, and is associated with Adventure, Casual, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 11 players at 22 September 2026 - 02:04:33 UTC, a tracked peak of 32, and 96% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Pixel GraphicsDetectivePoint & ClickStory RichComedyMysteryPuzzleAtmosphericCasualText-Based2DDark ComedyAdventureVisual NovelInvestigation

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