A Dark Room ®

Amir Rajan

About this game

A minimalist low-fi RPG harkening back to the days of Zork and Nethack.

- Official Android release of A Dark Room (registered trademark).
- No ads.
- No micro transactions.
- No data usage (playable without wifi)).
- No elevated permissions.
- Made with love by indie game developers.

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...

Ratings and reviews

Great text based idler. A short play at around two hours or so, but fairly replayable with randomized maps each play through and different self-imposed challenges to try. Its a great game to pick up when you need to burn some time. Absolutely no ads and completely offline play, which makes it infinitely better than most titles on mobile. The story has changed quite significantly from the original web browser game, and it was really engaging! Going to get the pre-sequel as soon as I can.

Did a few playthroughs, at first the story is minimal and hard to understand but after playing through a few times, made sense and frankly was heartfelt. For an indie game, I truly think this is a good one. Shallow in terms of content but considering how it incentives speed-running, it makes sense. Definitely good for a few hours but after that, well, it's lackluster. Good to pick up and play but once your done with all the endings, there really isn't much else.

Ill start off with saying this game is not going to be everyones cup of tea. I love it. It is not hand holding with how to play so you have to learn as you go. I found it simple to figure out but I'm a gamer™. The text only play style is very much something I like and it is clean and works mostly well although there is an error with the fights that if I move too quickly and get into another battle it saves my old hp and gets me killed (usually it resets to max) beat it the first time in about 5h

What's new

- Added gamepad support (ignores controllers that aren't recognized).
- Volume preferences are now saved and will be respected across sessions.
- Added link to The Ensign (pre-sequel to A Dark Room).