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Darkout

Darkout is a sandbox action-game with survival and strategy components. You are the only survivor after your escape pod crashes on a strange planet. The environment is full of mysterious and hostile shadow…

80 4 December 2013

Darkout is an adventure developed by Allgraf, released 4 December 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Darkout is

Darkout is an adventure game developed by Allgraf and released in 2013. It was published by KISS ltd. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Darkout is a sandbox action-game with survival and strategy components. You are the only survivor after your escape pod crashes on a strange planet. The environment is full of mysterious and hostile shadow creatures, and the only way to survive will be to gather resources used to craft and researching new weapons and technologies. The world is sunk in permanent darkness and the shadow creatures surrounding you are only sensitive to the light, and plays a key role in the battle against the dark. You will have to use your strategic skills to build up new facilities which will allow you to progress further and explore the vast landscape. Darkout brings a completely new experience to the…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Darkout holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 1.3 Ghz or Better, 2 GB RAM and OpenGL Graphics card that can display at least 1024x768 res (Nvidia 8000 series or better). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.

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What it launched against

Darkout launched on 4 December 2013, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, The Walking Dead: Season 2 and The Walking Dead: Season Two. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Darkout — frequently asked questions

When did Darkout come out?
Darkout was released on 4 December 2013 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Darkout?
At minimum, Darkout needs Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 1.3 Ghz or Better, 2 GB RAM, OpenGL Graphics card that can display at least 1024x768 res (Nvidia 8000 series or better) graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Darkout?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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