Dark

Other (objects, etc.) theme

The environs are unusually dark, either because it's a perpetual night, you're stuck in a structure with limited light sources or anything else, forcing you to use any light source(s) you can find or cope with what little you can find in the env

421
games
61
platforms

Alternate name: Perpetual night

Related:
* Light
* Lamp
These are usually the games with carryable light-sources which deplete some resource to stay on, are insufficient to provide proper lighting or have a tendency to fail.

The first Dark video game was released on November 1973.

2K Games, Sega and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Parent groups

Horror elements, Visibility, Visuals

Child group

Limited darkness

Related group

Other
Blinding

Platforms

Windows 129
Linux 83
Mac OS X 32
X360 23
PS3 21
Apple II E 11
PS2 9
Xbox 7
MS-DOS 7
PS4 6
TRS-80 5
BSD 5
BeOS 5
Wii 4
C64 4
Android 4
Unix 4
Xbox One 3
Mac OS Classic 3
Amiga 3
Internet Only 3
Tandy Coco 3
Atari 2600 2
Flash 2
Pandora 2
ColecoVision 2
Sol-20 2
PS 2
Ohio Scientific 2
Commodore PET 2

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