When the Darkness comes
Worth it · Narrative · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 1.1h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 92% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia Geforce 970, 553 MB of storage. Windows only.
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion (free, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Fingerbones (free, scores 52).
Steam's global achievement data puts 50 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
1.1 hours to finish it, 3 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.8 times the campaign.
The drop-off
90% start to 50% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
When the Darkness comes scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1021950/when-the-darkness-comesReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.
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