Dark Around You is a pixel platformer set in a mysterious dungeon where you use telekinesis to manipulate objects with your mouse, solving environmental puzzles to progress. The game combines retro aesthetics with a physics-based mechanic that distinguishes it from standard platformers, though player reception is mixed on whether the core loop sustains engagement across its campaign.
About this game
A dark pixelated platformer that immerses you in the world of a mysterious dungeon...
What players are saying
▲ Recommended2 hrs
Not a bad game, with nice graphics and pleasant gameplay. Played for a couple of hours and it was worth it.
Stars received: 3.0/10 _ Note: v.6 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
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Game description key-points: This Gamash, has a minimalistic visual content with handy primitive controls and Platformer & obstacle challenges
Overview:
a sus story, with not attractive visual or line of events. More of a time consuming events that hard challenging, makes a good candidate for kids. If not to consider grumpy darkness xD and "story", then actually kids will be the right consumer
Dark Around You is yet another 2D retro pixel platformer polluting the Steam marketplace. This one has a telekinesis gimmick where you can drag things around with the mouse pointer to help you do the platforming.
While this was built in Unity, it doesn't seem like an asset flip as there's a bespoke story and some pretty uniquely done mechanics and visuals. Kudos to the developer for that.
They chose to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. Resolution and controls are locked. There's a really unpleasant screen filter/effect that makes the camera sway as you move around, it made me feel a bit queasy, and I couldn't see any way to turn that off. These flaws push this game far below minimum acceptable standards for PC.
