Through the Darkest of Times

HandyGames

About this game

Feel the immense weight of history. In 1933 Berlin, you must lead an underground resistance group of ordinary citizens against a ruthless fascist regime. Plan covert operations, navigate agonizing moral choices, and fight for survival in a world descending into darkness.

🏆 Nomination: BEST GAME "Game for Impact" - The Game Awards
🏆 Winner: "Best Serious Game" & "Best Family Game" - German Computer Game Award
🏆 Winner: "Best International Indie Game" - PGA Poznan

🕯️ A Fight for Survival
Dark times mean fear and risks. The risk of being caught by patrolling forces for publicly standing against their views. The risk of losing your life because you oppose the regime. You are not a super-soldier; you are an everyday hero—leading a coalition of Jews, Catholics, Communists, and Patriots who simply refuse to stand aside.

⚖️ Plan, Act, Stay Hidden
Your goal is to strike small but vital blows to the system. Spread the truth by dropping leaflets, paint defiant messages, gather intelligence, and recruit followers. Every action requires careful resource management and carries severe consequences. If the authorities uncover your network, your entire group faces grave danger.

🕰️ Experience Authentic History
Through the Darkest of Times is a narrative-driven historical strategy game. You will not single-handedly change the outcome of the war or prevent every atrocity, but you can do everything in your power to save innocent lives and disrupt the fascist machine. It is a powerful, emotional tribute to the real struggles of average people living in the 3rd Reich.

Key Features:
• Command the Resistance: Assign covert tasks, find trusted collaborators, and slowly weaken the regime without breaking cover.
• Meaningful Choices: Feel the heavy burden of leadership as you make impossible moral decisions that shape the fate of your members.
• 4 Intense Chapters: Experience the shifting political landscape and the escalating danger of the era.
• Striking Art Style: Immerse yourself in the somber, oppressive atmosphere through beautifully illustrated, expressionist scenes.
• Resource Management: Carefully balance your group's morale, funds, and secrecy to stay one step ahead of the Gestapo.

Supported languages: EN / DE / FR / ES / JP / RU / ZH-CN

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Ratings and reviews

I really wanted to like this game. The art style is very cool and the concept is great. However, I can't even complete the first day because the text to end the scene is completely broken. Edit 6/22/26: Updated game & it didn't open. Reinstalled to fix. Game opens now & previous bug is fixed. Scene options still require pressing multiple times to select. In Planning the cancel button is mostly blocked by 4th member of core group. I love the idea & mechanics. It just needs more playability fixes.

Great game with lots of potential but it froze permanently after the nazi youth rally scene. It wont get off the screen and when I restart the game i have to set everything up all over again. This has happened to me in other scenes too, but this is the first time I cant get past the scene. At this point the game has ended for me. Also the cancel button is too close to the head of the people on the screen that its hard to hit it without accidently selecting the team member. please fix!

I like this game a lot, but if I had any complaint, is that when you have a full group(five) and you try to confirm a mission, it's really difficult to hit"confirm" because of the profiles being located so closely to the mission confirmation. Also, losing inventory items, even through the different acts, is tiresome. 90% of the bigger missions you can't complete because you don't have the items. Not to mention it isn't very clear how to even attain items for certain missions. Glad it was $1.

What’s new

- Fixed freeze after the first day that was caused by the achievement system. Sorry for that huge blocker!