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Our Darker Purpose

Darker Purpose is a top-down, rogue-like action RPG that combines the ingenuity of genre-defining classics with the expansiveness and accessibility of modern day action adventure games. The gameplay is steeped…

29 January 2014

Our Darker Purpose is an indie developed by Avidly Wild Games, released 29 January 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Our Darker Purpose is

Our Darker Purpose is an indie game developed by Avidly Wild Games and released in 2014. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos. Cordy must battle feral classmates and dangerous creatures as she ascends to the cruel Administrators’ offices atop the Edgewood Home for Lost Children.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Our Darker Purpose launched on 29 January 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, The Banner Saga and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, The Banner Saga, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.

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When did Our Darker Purpose come out?
Our Darker Purpose was released on 29 January 2014 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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