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A Shade Darker Than Gray is a single player action game with a comedy theme. It was developed by Ronthelawn and was released on September 19, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Short. casual, dark comady story game based in a fictional gray world. You go to school and make your way through the day while trying to survive. You may be bullied, insulted, bruised, and cut but at least your alive right? It's like a visual novel but with walking to make you feel more alone! This game only has one available language, which is English. Come down the rabbit hole of depressio…

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70%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews
emotional1 positive mentions
graphics2 negative mentions

  • The game has an interesting art style and a unique e-ink visual approach.
  • The minimal use of audio, mostly white noise, fits the game's atmosphere well.
  • The game provides an introspective experience on themes like bullying and treatment of people, with multiple endings.
  • The story is poorly written, with unrealistic NPC reactions and disjointed, fanfic-like narrative.
  • Graphics are notably bad, described as one of the worst looking on the platform, detracting from the overall experience.
  • Gameplay is minimal, shallow, and uninteresting, making it feel more like a low-quality visual novel or e-book than a game.
  • graphics

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The graphics are widely criticized as notably poor, with many users finding them among the worst they've seen in games on Steam.

    • “The graphics here are particularly awful, so bad that it actually stands out as one of the worst looking games on Steam.”
    • “It's short, it's bad, and wow, the graphics are remarkably awful.”
  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay is minimal and shallow, resembling more of an e-book or visual novel rather than a traditional game. It lacks engaging interactivity and relies heavily on poorly executed, text-heavy storytelling instead of immersive gameplay mechanics.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story was widely criticized for being unbearable and detracting from the overall experience.

    • “The story was, however, unbearable.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game delivers a fun and enjoyable experience that also evokes strong emotional moments, even to the point of making players cry.

    • “Fun and enjoyable until it made me cry.”
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A Shade Darker Than Gray is a action game with comedy theme. Common tags for A Shade Darker Than Gray include free to play, indie, dark humor, 2.5d, third person and others.

A Shade Darker Than Gray is available on PC and Windows.

A Shade Darker Than Gray was released on September 19, 2024.

A Shade Darker Than Gray was developed by Ronthelawn.

A Shade Darker Than Gray has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked A Shade Darker Than Gray for its emotional but disliked it for its graphics.

A Shade Darker Than Gray is a single player game.

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