The Dark Dwellers
The Dark Dwellers is a difficult Souls-like side-scrolling action game driven by a strong narrative and Metroidvania-esque exploration. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique…
The Dark Dwellers is an adventure developed by COLNELIUS, released 18 February 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Dark Dwellers is
The Dark Dwellers is an adventure game developed by COLNELIUS and released in 2022. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You will play as The Mortali, a nameless man cast into this dark pit as an abducted child, forced to grow up around death and misery. In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group The Dark Dwellers. In this decrepit underground city, death is not permanent. The trapped prisoners whom call this place home live a life of endless torture and pain, and are maddened by constantly killing and being killed. Cast into the pit as sinners and criminals, will The Dark Dwellers find a permanent end to this torment? Or will they simply succumb to The Maddening Curse, and wander the darkness for eternity?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Dark Dwellers launched on 18 February 2022, within three weeks of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human and Vampire Survivors.
Released around the same time: Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Vampire Survivors.
Official trailer
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