# The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark Summer DB entity ID: 8f6ada2f\-ea77\-4c7a\-8e6f\-557d201c7dac Steam App ID: 795420 Feature List • 9 unique cases, the likes of which you’ve never seen before \(not a guarantee\) • Uses both pointing and clicking technology • Music from Thomas O'Boyle, a totally\-living composer, definitely not undead • Photo\-Realistic\* Pixel Rendering \(\*Depends on your definition of photo\-realism\) • 1 mail\-in rebate per customer on exorcism services for hauntings resulting from play • A brief recap of the events of "The Darkside Detective" for anyone who hasn't played it and doesn't want to About the Game Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel\-sized ouija board, it’s time to re\-enter Twin Lakes \- America’s 34th most haunted city\. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town\. Twin Lakes is a cursed city\. Less cursed than say, “Demons are tearing it apart” but more cursed than “always loses its keys” or “often steps in puddles”\. It’s roughly in the middle of the cursed scale, is what we’re trying to say\. Cursed enough that it’s a nuisance\. Cursed enough that somebody has to deal with it… That’s where The Darkside Detective comes in\. Whenever you hear a bump in the night, feel a tingle up your spine, or smell something fishy, Detective Francis McQueen isn’t far behind\. No, he doesn’t smell of fish \- it’s a phrase, come on\.\.\. Picking up after the events of The Darkside Detective, McQueen has to save his usually\-present \(in body, if not mind\) sidekick Officer Dooley from the Darkside, so the two can get back to what they do best \- investigating the city’s many strange, often paranormal, always paradoxical goings\-on\. Join them in this frighteningly funny point\-and\-click adventure as they investigate nine more standalone cases bringing them to a carnival, the local retirement home, an amateur wrestling circuit and even as far away as Ireland as they do what they can to keep the Darkside at bay\. Like how this sounds? Try the first title\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Spooky Doorway - Publisher: Akupara Games - Release date: Apr 15, 2021 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Save Anytime, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, mac, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_bd565c09d342c18a5d48f4fab9e5dca165c3f7f0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_5df341aef8a447849b5b7bfd2f7d9d79d8eea3ab\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_ec75563ea3e94005f7df186da33a8839b4192474\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_b7cc577d42a5d72996160b4d3b195d679fa64331\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_1ee58058071669c7ad4202dc311aa8291282fa41\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_ca194248d39b2d48cf38ed9b15e336d19d99b15e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_63dbe535bdb34da76f56fb249ccf69de7e2c4b25\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_0be7c70ea88a30eff07239708d427ebcee679b00\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_90c269103d296882b93604914ad7d412dbc4050c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_543a8d1ec6651b3e1761c0c96edf6e3f83947f28\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_ea70349b692f2892b0eed3a32a3b708276e76f94\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_2cd650804f4c677c85621259345bf71cffaa8922\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_ee69600a33a3d1423c22ccfc5253d288dac3a0c5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_c2a993b6742600b3d1a622ce404884d730c2237d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795420/ss\_d590ae095317798042b911e70b27b901d8c79868\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786042134 - Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 4 - Steam review count: 2024 - Steam positive reviews: 1939 - Steam negative reviews: 85 - Steam positive percentage: 95.800395256917% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/8f6ada2f-ea77-4c7a-8e6f-557d201c7dac/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/8f6ada2f-ea77-4c7a-8e6f-557d201c7dac/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T09:14:27\.150282\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T09:14:30\.353852\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T09:14:28\.07069\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/795420/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/795420/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=795420","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/795420"\},"price":"2026\-09\-23T09:14:27\.150282\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-23T09:14:27\.150282\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-23T09:14:30\.353852\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-23T09:14:28\.07069\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"4299baec\-c4a1\-44b7\-82f2\-c32baac84597","catalog":"0dd11fb1\-e629\-4ddb\-82af\-1903c66e22ea","details":"52445fbf\-3847\-4cdd\-acf1\-20f0d74264a2","players":"fc34f372\-782e\-4d06\-83ea\-ad8f66ac902a","reviews":"da6612f3\-1313\-4cb9\-bc7d\-5a38b167c66b"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"8f6ada2f\-ea77\-4c7a\-8e6f\-557d201c7dac","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/795420/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/8f6ada2f-ea77-4c7a-8e6f-557d201c7dac)