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The Dark Eye: Memoria

Memoria combines classic point & click adventure gameplay with the features of The Dark Eye, one of the most successful RPG universes known in the fantasy world. Point & click adventure game puzzles get a…

77 29 August 2013 from $1.99

The Dark Eye: Memoria is an adventure developed by Daedalic Entertainment, released 29 August 2013 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $1.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.

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What The Dark Eye: Memoria is

The Dark Eye: Memoria is an adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment and released in 2013. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Visionaire.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After Geron and Nuri defeated the seer and saved Andergast, peace is restored in the humble kingdom. Nuri, whose soul is now trapped in a ravens body lives with Geron. He desperately tries to find a way to give her her true body back; but so far, all his effort was in vain. Thus, after the travelling trader Fahi offers his help, Geron agrees. All the Tulamide wants in return is the answer to a riddle Fahi saw in his dreams. Dreams of a princess who lived centuries ago. sadja This princess, Sadja, lived 500 years before Nuri’s and Geron’s time and set forth to become the greatest hero history has ever seen. A hero the world would never forget. When the demonic hordes of Borbarad and an…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the The Dark Eye series

The Dark Eye: Memoria is the tenth of 15 entries we hold in the The Dark Eye series. The next entry was The Dark Eye: Demonicon in 2013. Its critic score of 77 is 5 points above the series average of 72. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

See all 15 The Dark Eye games in release order →

How it was received

The Dark Eye: Memoria holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.22 per hour of the main story, or $0.24 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz Single Core Processor or 2 GHz Dual Core Processor, 2500 MB RAM and OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. 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 costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at Steam, 90% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

The Dark Eye: Memoria launched on 29 August 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Dark Eye: Memoria yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

The Dark Eye: Memoria — frequently asked questions

When did The Dark Eye: Memoria come out?
The Dark Eye: Memoria was released on 29 August 2013 for Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does The Dark Eye: Memoria cost?
The cheapest current price for The Dark Eye: Memoria is $1.99 at Steam, which is 90% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Dark Eye: Memoria?
At minimum, The Dark Eye: Memoria needs 2.5 GHz Single Core Processor or 2 GHz Dual Core Processor, 2500 MB RAM, OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended) graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Dark Eye: Memoria?
The main story of The Dark Eye: Memoria takes around 9 hrs, or 8.3 hrs for 100% completion.
Is The Dark Eye: Memoria worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $1.99, and the main story takes about 9 hrs, which works out to $0.22 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.
How many GB is The Dark Eye: Memoria?
The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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