When the Darkness comes

When the Darkness comes

92% Very Positive
7,640 Positive
639 Negative
8,279 Total Reviews

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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Developer: Sirhaian
Publisher: Sirhaian
Release Date: (6 years ago)

Game Details

Achievements
32
Estimated Owners
200000 - 500000
Peak Concurrent Users
1
⚠️ Content Warning:

This game explores themes such as depression, anxiety, verbal abuse, manipulative control, and suicide.

🌐 Official Website: www.sirhaian.net
🛠️ Support: Support Page

About This Game

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.
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User Tags

Psychological Horror (165) Free to Play (151) Walking Simulator (108) Indie (105) First-Person (94) Horror (91) Dynamic Narration (71) Adventure (68) Narration (67) Atmospheric (65) Dark (61) Story Rich (46) Psychological (44) Singleplayer (42) Choices Matter (35) Emotional (34) Perma Death (21) Puzzle (21) Surreal (6) Co-op (5)

Supported Languages

English ✓ Audio