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Heartless Dark

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76%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

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Heartless Dark is a single player survival shooter game with horror and violence themes. It was developed by iamRoarke and was released on October 14, 2021. It received positive reviews from players.

Inch your way through oppressive darkness using only a flashlight and 6th sense in this tense top-down roguelike. Shoot, stun, electrocute, poison and blow-up monsters in abandoned corporate offices where resources are scarce and even the furniture could be trying to kill you.

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89%Audience ScoreBased on 36 reviews
atmosphere12 positive mentions
  • The game features an excelling atmospheric gameplay that is challenging yet rewarding, with great sound design and visuals.
  • Players appreciate the strategic elements of limited resources and the ability to choose upgrades, enhancing the roguelike experience.
  • The game is immersive and engaging, providing a sense of tension and urgency, especially when played with headphones.
  • The AI is poorly designed, with some enemies exhibiting braindead behavior, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
  • The game is prone to crashes during loading screens, which can disrupt the flow of play.
  • The accuracy system is flawed, making it difficult to effectively manage scarce ammo, and players can get softlocked due to bad RNG.

  • atmosphere

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 12% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its eerie, claustrophobic environments and tense gameplay, creating a unique experience that stands out even among top-tier horror titles. Players appreciate the blend of dark, tactical action with a touch of humor, making it both challenging and rewarding. While it leans more towards a tense atmosphere than outright horror, it effectively immerses players in a lethal and atmospheric rogue-like setting.

    • “The atmosphere in this game tops that of even the best AAA horror/suspense titles; what the developer has done to create such an impressive atmosphere is truly remarkable!”
    • “Atmospheric, claustrophobic, and at times brutal.”
    • “If you're looking for horror, I'd say this is more tense atmosphere than it is 'horror'.”
    • “It's slow, tactical gameplay accentuates its eerie atmosphere and claustrophobic environments, making for a tense experience unlike what you'd expect of a game in this category.”

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay is described as riveting and spooky, featuring simple mechanics that are accessible to newcomers while maintaining a challenging and engaging experience. Its slow, tactical nature enhances the eerie atmosphere and claustrophobic settings, creating a uniquely tense environment. Additionally, the depth of mechanics and subtle lore adds intrigue, encouraging players to return for more.

    • “I find the game to be incredibly riveting and tooth-grittingly spooky, with simple enough mechanics for someone with little experience playing video games, while being consistently tense and engaging.”
    • “While the game is quite challenging, it features a depth in mechanics and subtle lore which makes for a world of intrigue that keeps you coming back for more.”
    • “It's slow, tactical gameplay accentuates its eerie atmosphere and claustrophobic environments, making for a tense experience unlike what you'd expect of a game in this category.”

  • graphics

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

    The graphics are praised for their brilliance, complemented by a terrifying and immersive sound design that enhances the horror aesthetic of the roguelike experience. Overall, the visuals and audio work together to create a deeply engaging atmosphere.

    • “Truly brilliant visuals and terrifying, immersive sound design.”
    • “It's a roguelike with a horror aesthetic, with a big emphasis on audio.”

  • humor

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

    The humor in "Heartless Dark" is characterized as a blend of creepiness and dark comedy, providing players with a unique challenge that is both engaging and amusing.

    • “Heartless Dark is a good but creepy (and kind of funny) challenge.”
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Heartless Dark is a survival shooter game with horror and violence themes. Common tags for Heartless Dark include indie, roguelite, action roguelike, difficult, twin stick shooter and others.

Heartless Dark is available on PC and Windows.

Heartless Dark was released on October 14, 2021.

Heartless Dark was developed by iamRoarke.

Heartless Dark has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Heartless Dark for its atmosphere.

Heartless Dark is a single player game.

Similar games include EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE, Cosmodread, OTXO, Arboria, Moros Protocol and others.