Alone in the Dark
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Alone in the Dark is an adventure developed by Pieces Interactive, released 20 March 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Alone in the Dark is
Alone in the Dark is an adventure game developed by Pieces Interactive and released in 2024. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in the gothic American south in 1930, Alone in the Dark follows Emily Hartwood with the help of private investigator Edward Carnby arriving at Derceto Manor, a home for the mentally fatigued, after discovering that her uncle Jeremy has gone missing.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 38 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Alone in the Dark series
Alone in the Dark is the 11th of 13 entries we hold in the Alone in the Dark series. It arrived 16 years after Alone in the Dark. The next entry was Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare in 2024. Its critic score of 75 is 9 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare at 80.
How it was received
Alone in the Dark holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 58 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Ryzen 3 3100 / Core i3-8300, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 570. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Alone in the Dark launched on 20 March 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma II, Unicorn Overlord and Minishoot' Adventures. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon's Dogma II, Unicorn Overlord, Minishoot' Adventures.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Alone in the Dark yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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