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About The Darkside Detective

When the bizarre and occult disturb the streets of Twin Lakes, only the Darkside Division will investigate. Tentacles, zombie mobsters, and trouble tests Detective Francis McQueen with a trench coat and sharp wit. He solves what others ignore.

• Play as Detective McQueen with his partner Dooley. Look at everything in spooky places and use your brain to solve weird cases.
• Nine compact paranormal cases unfold around the city, including a festive special, steady humor, and even a complimentary service for troublesome curses.
• High-definition pixel art shapes a 2D cartoon style, blending mystery and comedy through bold visuals, clean animations, and a lighthearted tone.

The Darkside Detective Reviews

The Darkside Detective is a successful spin on the classic point-and-click adventure, delivering an engaging narrative, funny characters and one of the strongest soundtracks in a good while. I sincerely hope a sequel is in the works.

Switch Player

Overall, The Darkside Detective is a wonderful experience that I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with a Switch, whether they’re a point-and-click fan or not. It comes in easily digestible chunks, the laughs are great, the devs avoid engaging in stump the player, and it has charm for days. Winner!

GameCritics

It describes itself as a micro-adventure, which apparently is a fancy way of saying that it features puzzles that don’t require a dozen random steps to complete, but, instead, follow fairly straightforward, linear logic. It’s funny, it poses just the right level of challenge, the characters are delightful — if that’s how you define micro-adventure, I’m all for the subgenre.

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