The Inner Darkness
A puzzle platformer where switching dimensions changes your route forward
Nauris Amatnieks · Released Feb 24, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 67
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 5 years ago
- Dec 30, 2020
What is The Inner Darkness?
This single-player 2D puzzle platformer follows a man who wakes in a strange world with a severe stomach wound. You navigate platforms and solve environmental puzzles as he searches for help and tries to understand what happened.
For you if...
- +you like dark settings and a mysterious story premise
Not for you if...
- −you want complex puzzles with lots of mechanical variety
- −you expect horror centered on monsters and scares
What players say
72% of 67 reviews are positive
Players praise the pixel art and dimension-switching puzzles. The most common complaint is that the game feels too short for its price, while several players also criticize the thin, predictable story.
Screenshots and trailer
The Inner Darkness system requirements
Minimum: 128mb, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Inner Darkness?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 2ghz
- Graphics
- 128mb
- Memory
- 500 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does The Inner Darkness have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Inner Darkness run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does The Inner Darkness use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
