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Dark Arcana: The Carnival

87% positive of 400 Steam reviews

Released: 2014
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Artifex Mundi.

About the game

Find the missing woman lost in a mysterious Carnival of Horrors.

Tagged by players

Hidden Object
Point & Click
Female Protagonist
Mystery
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Casual
Fantasy
Atmospheric
Family Friendly
Story Rich

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
I would consider this a hidden gem for a short game where you have to use a little bit of critical thinking. The story has you hooked and it's a short play. Zero performance issues and a small game for bonus points.
5.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
While trying to put my bias aside, this was one of my first horror / mystery / suspense "adult" HOGs back in the days of using the ye ol WildTangent service when it was still using those purple coins to play games, and I enjoyed it as a kid. So learning about the port here to Steam made me curious if I was blinded by the sheer eeriness of the game or it was just as good as my rose colored mirror shards remember it…
3.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I'm not the sort to prejudice games over things like their being hidden object puzzlers; and the Artifex Mundi games are by far the best examples of the genre. Nonetheless A.M. has followed the method of if it isn't broke don't fix it, meaning they reuse their puzzles with cosmetic variations from one game to another. This has the unfortunate result that if you've played one of their games you've played them all.…
3.5 h played when written. 14 found it helpful.
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