# Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

Summer DB entity ID: bbcfaada\-8682\-4744\-b7a9\-eed3a63742d9

Steam App ID: 302390

Enter the world of  Necronomicon \- where quiet scholar William H\. Stanton is suddenly thrust into the dark and enigmatic world of the occult\.   The year is 1927\. Stanton is in the drawing room of his Providence, Rhode Island home when his childhood friend, Edgar, appears at his door\.    Edgar, seems distraught and delirious and gives Stanton a metallic pyramid, telling him not to give it to anyone\- especially himself\.   Still reeling from Edgar’s appearance, Stanton is visited by a doctor who tells him that Edgar has lost his mind and must be institutionalized\. William knows there is more to the story and decides to find Edgar, but on his way discovers a horrifying secret that threatens all of mankind\.   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 \.   Can you help Stanton save humanity as we know it?  Updates in this new version of  Necronomicon    18 inventory documents that you can access anytime   Graphic and design bugs fixed   More helpful videos   Additional texts and in\-game hints   Improved sound design

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Cryo Interactive

- Publisher: Microids

- Release date: Jul 11, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Casual

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_85f42dd88f40b670e64c4b23fab1b830184221e9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_07f776901f3e24e8e1909b585bc6b7c0823b97ec\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_44d8538d0d2844d1ea914f8a1d4b242617cb6a6e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_5f75a8354079cb4e1f0c4b2391a8b94bf6f5ce45\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_d3e321770f62ed79d3f953d22e3a98022f0a9ab8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_ecb15720b46a302f81ad3ab86e55057f41ca4643\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_d1e0430f80109279e1789b36a787d5f8b34c3f74\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/302390/ss\_e058e38ad8116012c6e967d5af78ebb5a8c4108a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1569833457

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 209

- Steam positive reviews: 93

- Steam negative reviews: 116

- Steam positive percentage: 44.49760765550239%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/bbcfaada-8682-4744-b7a9-eed3a63742d9/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/bbcfaada-8682-4744-b7a9-eed3a63742d9/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\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:18:32\.218353\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:18:33\.446222\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:18:33\.196456\+00:00

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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.

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