Darq is an adventure developed by Unfold Games, released 15 August 2019 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.
What Darq is
Darq is an adventure game developed by Unfold Games and released in 2019. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Darq is a puzzle-platform adventure game developed by independent studio Unfold Games. Marketed as a psychological horror game, Darq follows a boy named Lloyd, who is trapped in a lucid dream state, as he manipulates the physics system which governs his dream world in order to solve puzzles and evade enemies. The game was initially released for Microsoft Windows on August 15, 2019. An updated version of the game titled Darq: Complete Edition, which collects the base game and all downloadable content, was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on December 4, 2020, and ported for multiple console platforms in March 2021.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 17 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Darq holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 60 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-530, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870. At 4GB 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. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Darq launched on 15 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain and Remnant: From the Ashes. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox Series launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Astral Chain, Remnant: From the Ashes.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Darq yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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