The Midnight Walk
Stop-motion dark fantasy adventure evading monsters with a lantern creature
MoonHood · Published by Fast Travel Games · Released May 8, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 2,927
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 55 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 15
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jun 13, 2025
Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Midnight Walk?
This single-player dark fantasy adventure follows the Burnt One and a lantern creature named Potboy through five tales in a clay-sculpted world. You use Potboy’s flame to distract monsters while you hide and evade them. You can play on a screen or with a VR headset.
For you if...
- +you like clay animation and dark fantasy stories
- +you prefer hiding from threats over fighting them
- +you enjoy story-focused adventures with an eerie atmosphere
Not for you if...
- −you want fast-paced action instead of stealth and walking
- −you expect complex puzzles or extensive interaction
What players say
93% of 2,927 reviews are positive · 94% of 55 in the last 30 days
Players praise the clay visuals, atmosphere, music, and story, but some find the gameplay slow or too limited. VR players report jitter, performance problems, and bugs that can block progress.
Screenshots and trailer
The Midnight Walk system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i7 6700k
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 18 GB available space
- Notes
- These system requirements are for the regular flatscreen version of the game.
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 16
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, VR
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America.
Tags
- Adventure
- Horror
- Atmospheric
- Dark Fantasy
- Singleplayer
- VR
- Dark
- Stealth
- Cinematic
- Story Rich
- Action-Adventure
- Emotional
- Fantasy
- Puzzle
- Exploration
- Hand-drawn
Recent updates
- Jun 13, 2025 · Hotfix!
- Jun 3, 2025 · New improvements on Steam!
1 DLC available.
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