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After demon hunters disrupt his reign, Cid explores Darkestville, solves item puzzles, and plots trouble as its villain.
Released 21 Sep 2017
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Darkestville Castle — a darkly comedic point-and-click adventure where you play as a sarcastic demon. Solve clever puzzles, manipulate idiots, and bring chaos back to Darkestville, because being evil is just more fun.
Developed by Epic Llama Games · Published by ESDigital Games
You play Cid, a demon who has spent years terrorizing Darkestville. When Dan Teapot hires demon hunters, Cid is banished and sets out to cause trouble for the people who upended his life.
Explore locations in a point-and-click format, inspect and collect objects, and use them to solve puzzles. Conversations with Darkestville’s residents provide clues as Cid deals with the town’s oddball characters.
The story progresses through a series of locations and puzzles, with dialogue carrying much of the narrative. The adventure uses a 2D, hand-drawn cartoon style and casts you as the troublemaking villain rather than a traditional hero.
In the supplied reviews, players who enjoy the game often point to its dark humor, Cid’s sarcastic personality, cartoon artwork, and voice acting or music. Some also like its classic point-and-click feel and find the puzzles entertaining, while others describe the solutions as confusing or trial-and-error. Opinions on the humor and writing are mixed, and several players note that the adventure is short.
Welcome to Darkestville. A place where people scream, demons laugh, and being evil is not only encouraged — it’s mandatory.
Meet Cid.
Professional tormentor.
Certified menace.
Local legend.
For years, everything was going great: villagers suffered, Cid thrived, balance was maintained. Then some idiot named Dan Teapot hired demon hunters. Now Cid is banished, annoyed, and ready to ruin absolutely everyone’s day.
Darkestville is a classic point-and-click adventure where you don’t save the world — you make it worse. Lie. Manipulate. Solve puzzles (yes, you’ll actually have to think). Deal with ridiculous characters. Break things. Fix them. Break them again. All in the name of evil.
Inspired by the golden age of adventure games, Darkestville delivers sharp writing, dark humor, and just enough cruelty to keep things interesting. Because let’s be honest — being the hero is overrated. Be worse.
Play as the villain (finally)
Dark humor that absolutely does not behave itself
Clever puzzles that will make you feel smart (eventually)
A world full of idiots, victims, and future regrets
Zero moral responsibility
Rule Darkestville. Or at least make it suffer.
P.S. Also, by purchasing this game, you are supporting a noble cause. Part of your money will be used to enslave mankind… sorry… to clean the seas from pollution, create a sanctuary for the only Endangered Invisible Flamingo on this planet, and other kinds of noble-sounding lies.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 44 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
