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Detective Francis McQueen and Officer Dooley investigate Twin Lakes’ paranormal cases in a comic point-and-click adventure.
Released 27 Jul 2017
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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.
Developed by Spooky Doorway · Published by Akupara Games
Play as Francis McQueen, a detective in Twin Lakes’ Darkside Division, investigating paranormal incidents alongside Officer Dooley. The cases bring the duo into contact with the town’s strange happenings and its colorful residents.
Explore locations by clicking on objects and characters, collecting items, and combining or using them to solve obstacles and puzzles. Conversations and descriptions also reveal clues and jokes as you investigate.
The adventure is divided into nine cases: six main investigations and three bonus cases. Each has its own setting and puzzles, with occasional minigames and recurring characters connecting the episodes.
Many supplied reviews enjoy the game’s dry, pun-filled humor, especially the exchanges between McQueen and Dooley, and its odd paranormal cases. Players also appreciate the compact episode format, approachable puzzles, and pixel-art presentation. Some reviewers find the jokes unfunny or repetitive, the game short, or certain puzzle solutions hard to infer.
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!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 30 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 77/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
