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Tokyo Dark

Tokyo Dark is an anime-style horror adventure game combining point and click and visual novel genres. The story follows Detective Itou across Tokyo, searching for the truth behind her partner's strange…

78 7 September 2017

Tokyo Dark is an adventure developed by Cherrymochi, released 7 September 2017 on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tokyo Dark is

Tokyo Dark is an adventure game developed by Cherrymochi and released in 2017. It was published by Square Enix Collective. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Construct.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tokyo Dark is a point-and-click adventure game developed by the indie developer Cherrymochi and published by Square Enix Collective for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It follows the story of Detective Itō Ayami who searches for her missing partner, Detective Kazuki Tanaka, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances while following a case. The player’s choices directly affect Ayami’s mental state and thought processes which later result in one of the game’s multiple endings.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Tokyo Dark holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD Phenom II X2 550, 3.1 GHz or Intel Core i3 3220, 2 GB RAM and AMD Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) or GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB). 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

Tokyo Dark launched on 7 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II and Doki Doki Literature Club!. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II, Doki Doki Literature Club!.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Tokyo Dark — frequently asked questions

When did Tokyo Dark come out?
Tokyo Dark was released on 7 September 2017 for Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Tokyo Dark?
At minimum, Tokyo Dark needs AMD Phenom II X2 550, 3.1 GHz or Intel Core i3 3220, 2 GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB) or GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Tokyo Dark?
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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