Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

You are a museum owner pursuing an undead pirate who kidnapped your daughter. You quickly realize that the villain is entangled in a tragic, centuries-old love story, and wants to resurrect his mistress with…

75 19 April 2012

Adventure Puzzle Mystery

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart is an adventure developed by Artifex Mundi, released 19 April 2012 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android and iOS.

Verified 18 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart is

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart is an adventure game developed by Artifex Mundi and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 10 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 128 MB VRAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart launched on 19 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Fire Emblem Awakening. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Fire Emblem Awakening.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart — frequently asked questions

When did Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart come out?

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart was released on 19 April 2012 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart?

At minimum, Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart needs 1.5 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 128 MB VRAM graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart?

The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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