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Roving in the Dark

Roving in the Dark is a cave exploration platformer set in 1996. You play as a bearded caver (known as "Local Spelunker") who is tasked with rescuing ill-equipped treasure-seekers while finding treasure…

3 August 2018

Roving in the Dark is an adventure, released 3 August 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Roving in the Dark is

Roving in the Dark was released in 2018. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Roving in the Dark is a cave exploration platformer set in 1996. You play as a bearded caver (known as "Local Spelunker") who is tasked with rescuing ill-equipped treasure-seekers while finding treasure, hidden there by a medieval thief, for the local museum. . Avoid slipping and falling into holes, getting hit by stones, getting super cooled, running out of batteries or being pushed by in by foreign cavers.
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How it plays

Its themes are survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Roving in the Dark launched on 3 August 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus.

Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Roving in the Dark come out?
Roving in the Dark was released on 3 August 2018 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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