23:I[40206,["/_next/static/chunks/0534856a0d40b907.js","/_next/static/chunks/b4d9e968e36444cb.js","/_next/static/chunks/c7f74c72bfa52cd3.js","/_next/static/chunks/939976aac36a936b.js"],"default"] 24:I[43488,["/_next/static/chunks/0534856a0d40b907.js","/_next/static/chunks/b4d9e968e36444cb.js","/_next/static/chunks/c7f74c72bfa52cd3.js","/_next/static/chunks/939976aac36a936b.js"],"default"] 25:T454,awake. head throbbing. vision blurry. the voices say to survive.

A Dark Room is an innovative text-based adventure that harkens back to the magic of Zork, adding a modern spin on a classic genre and time in gaming.

It challenges the player’s perceptions, actions and imagination. Visually clean, A Dark Room presents text and cues with limited visual flourishes, but the experience that takes shape is full of depth and environmental storytelling. Audio is also important, portraying a dark world that the player can only imagine.

It is a game that draws players in, allowing them to perceive the intriguing world in their own way. What starts as a dark room with limited interactive options evolves into a complex story and resource management challenge.

Adapted especially for steam, you can play with physical controls or the touch screen; exclusive to this version of the game is an enhanced user interface, modding capabilities, and additional developer commentary.

A Dark Room is an experience, and a story, unlike any other.26:T4e9,Death awaits. Their humanity makes them strong.

The Ensign is the pre-sequel to the critically acclaimed text-based RPG, A Dark Room.

The Ensign is a Soulsian adventure. Traverse a desolate world. Each step threatens death. And with each death, lessons are learned: fight with both ferocity and caution against even the weakest enemies, refill your canteen regularly, and trust in your compass to find the way.

Your morality will be tested throughout this journey as the events that lead to A Dark Room are revealed to you the further you get.

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Weapons are found, run down against tough hides, and then discarded. You upgrade your bodily capabilities by appeasing a mystic, and offering them eyes, teeth, and flesh. The definition of the word “grit” greets you when restarting, encouraging you to bite down even harder on the bit. It’s a game of diabolic rituals, of juggling the encumbrance of a fated journey, of imperative commands and intimidating forewarning; “Death awaits” croaks your pathetic admiral each time you embark, and he’s always right.

It’s no use denying it: The Ensign is every bit a Souls game as a text-based adventure could ever hope to be.

Amir Rajan

A Dark Room ®

Amir Rajan

A Dark Room ®