$279.00
DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.
HELP LLOYD WAKE UP!DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who becomes aware of the fact that he is dreaming. To Lloyd's misfortune, the dream quickly turns into a nightmare and all attempts to wake up end in failure. While exploring the darkest corners of his subconscious, Lloyd learns how to survive the nightmare by bending the laws of physics and manipulating the fluid fabric of the dream world.WALL WALK, STEALTH, PUZZLESApart from gravity-defying puzzles, Lloyd will have to use stealth when nearby enemies. He has no chance of winning in an open confrontation, since the creatures he will encounter are much more powerful and faster than him. Instead, he has to rely on careful planning to avoid getting detected.FEATURESPsychological horror set in a lucid dream, relying on slow build and creepy atmosphere rather than gore and violence. Unique artstyle and detailed environment to exploreSound design by Bjørn Jacobsen, known for his work on such games as Cyberpunk 2077 and Hitman.Puzzles that involve bending the laws of physics (walking on walls and ceilings) , manipulating the dream world (moving things, rotating rooms), collecting and using found objects, and avoiding enemies. Hidden secrets to find (optional, for hardcore players only)
Developer
Unfold Games
Publisher
Unfold Games
Release Date
15 Aug, 2019
Platforms
Reviews
3,529
Languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian
Minimum
Minimum:OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bitsProcessor: Intel Core i3-530Memory: 4 GB RAMGraphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870Storage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: X-Box One / X-Box 360 / Logitech F310 / Steam Controllers are supported. More coming soon
Recommended
Recommended:OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bitsProcessor: Intel Core i7Memory: 8 GB RAMGraphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660 / ATI Radeon HD 7850Storage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: X-Box One / X-Box 360 / Logitech F310 /Steam Controllers are supported. More coming soon
Very cool game. Neat art style, excellent level design, and amazing sound design. Finding the secret items was a lot of fun. My only complaint is that a lot of the puzzles were straightforward; they didn't require creativity. That being said, I liked the variety of them.
Spooky and atmospheric, nice puzzles.
this game is dark and creepy I would recommend this one because it has challenging puzzles, challenging achievements you can spend hours on and cool places.
I really enjoyed playing this game. I’ll admit I was a bit torn, as I initially expected a much longer experience and managed to complete the main story in about three hours. That said, I spent an additional six hours finishing the DLC and hunting down all the achievements. Some of those achievements were genuinely challenging, and I did need a bit of help from online guides for a few of them. While I do wish the game were longer, it delivers a wonderfully dark and creepy atmosphere that left a strong impression. I highly recommend it to fans of Little Nightmares, Limbo, and Inside. I picked it up on sale and would suggest doing the same, as it is on the shorter side.
DARQ is a top-tier indie experience that fully commits to its concept: escaping a nightmare through lucid dreaming. As someone who loves dream-based and parapsychology-themed games, this immediately clicked for me, and the execution is excellent. The core mechanic of rotating gravity to walk on walls and ceilings feels perfectly aligned with how dreams work: fluid, pliable, and slightly unsettling. It never feels like a gimmick; instead, it reinforces the idea that reality inside the dream can be bent if you understand the rules. The visuals are striking, the atmosphere is thick with unease, and the pacing makes it genuinely hard to stop playing. It’s smart, focused, and confident in what it wants to be. If you enjoy psychological horror, puzzle games, or dream-logic worlds done right, DARQ is absolutely worth playing.
