Dark Hours

Co-op survival horror where thieves must escape roaming monsters

Piece of Cake studios · Published by Piece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost · Released Oct 23, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 82% of 4,223
Recent reviews: Mixed; 68% of 73 in 30 days
Playing now: 93; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 months ago; Jun 24, 2026

Free demo available, 2 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Dark Hours?

A survival horror game for up to four online players, also playable solo, about a heist crew trapped with a monster. Across missions in five types of locations, you steal loot, complete contracts, solve puzzles and minigames, disable security systems, and try to escape.

For you if...

+you want chaotic co-op horror with friends
+you like repeatable heists with procedurally generated layouts
+you enjoy stealth, puzzles, and team-based objectives

Not for you if...

−you dislike timed runs and repeated objective-based missions
−you want handcrafted maps instead of procedural layouts
−you prefer solo horror over coordinating with friends

What players say

82% of 4,223 reviews are positive · 68% of 73 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the chaotic co-op sessions, varied monsters and tools, and proximity voice chat. Common complaints include bugs that block objectives or rewards, poor monster AI and balancing, and repetition; several players also find it much less enjoyable without an existing friend group.

Screenshots and trailer

Dark Hours system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 46
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Indonesian, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Ukrainian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish.