Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
Skip · Narrative · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 4.3h 4.5h to 100%
- Value
- $1.16/hr
- Reviews
- 44% of 209 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 31 MB of memory, DirectX compatible Video Card, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 101 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1 ($8.99, scores 70) outscores it, and so does The Room 4: Old Sins ($8.99, scores 80). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 6, 07:57 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
What could have been a fun, notalgic release on steam is unfortunately hampered by some serious issues. This port is poorly done and sections of the story are missing. The best cutscene in the game is cut out and you are thrust ahead in the story with no idea what just happened. A game breaking bug makes the game impossible to complete a little later on when you can't access an important part of your inventory. As...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Features two MAJOR bugs that prevent actually playing this properly, or at all. One of the largest curscenes is missing, and close to the end a menu is disabled that you need to access to get a key and progress with the game. Contacted the developers several times, but it appears they don't want to know. DO NOT BUY.
Beautiful game, one that I enjoy replaying from time to time and getting lost in its dark and unsettling atmosphere. If you are a Lovecraft fan, you absolutely shouldn't miss 'Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness', inspired by the short story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". The names and characters differ slightly from Lovecraft's original tale, but the story is more or less the same, despite what the game's...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/302390/necronomicon-the-dawning-of-darknessReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.