
In this singleplayer mascot horror game you're trapped in an abandoned children’s asylum. Solve twisted puzzles with your Ink Blaster, evade its disturbing mascots, and uncover secrets you had long forgotten about. Do you remember?
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.86/day in the week to Sep 7 → 1.57/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 1.57/day in the week to Jul 26 → 1.57/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Step into Dark Pals’ abandoned children’s mental health facility. Once bright, cheerful, and welcoming, it now stands warped by time, neglect, and forgotten memories. Armed with your Ink Blaster, you’ll explore unsettling spaces, solve environmental and logic-based puzzles, and evade the facility’s disturbing mascots.
But the more you explore, the clearer it becomes: this place knows you.
Do you remember?
The facility is home to a cast of colourful yet horrifying mascots, each hiding a darker purpose. From Chompy Chasey, a dog with a comically large head and deadly teeth, to other forgotten figures, such as Binky Drinky, lurking in the shadows of these forgotten halls.
Progression isn’t just about escaping, it’s about perception. Using your toy paint gun, you’ll be solving puzzles that play with your expectations and sense of reality. Rooms may change their layout, you may have to put your morals and sense of self-preservation aside, and you need to keep your wits about you if you want to survive.
What begins as a cheerful lobby slowly reveals something far more sinister. Catchy, irritating tunes echo through empty halls. Bright colours mask unsettling truths. Every puzzle and encounter draws you closer to the truth about who you really are, and why this place still haunts you.
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Themes across 130 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
great game and graphics. looking forward to the 2nd floor
Absolutely love this. Was everything I want in a mascot horror and more. I’m so excited to see what happens in future floors I am still singing about an Omelette Man 😂 The characters are extremely unique and I love how different it is to other Mascot horrors 10/10 from me 🥰😍😍
such a fun game! I’m not really a fan of the chase parts, but I had so much fun with the puzzles. I’m sooo excited for the 2nd Floor!!
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Languages: English*, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 131 reviews with recorded playtime.
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this is a fun short horror game. I found it after playing all of the poppy playtime games. I recommend and I cant wait for the 2nd floor to release!
что ж за него это где-то час это самая игра наркоманский который играл свою жизни но мне понравился) Конечно она очень короткие я конечно такие проекты практически не играю но очень редко тут в принципе говорит то нечем Наверное вы уже смотри разные даже блогеров такие же вдохновения как Похоже мне припомню Фредди из пицца такая же анимация и другие разные проекты игры атмосферка сочная Конечно я расстроился что собачку Мне его жалко хоть хотел съесть Но жалко Давайте поставим лайк что Собачка жалко больше всего что мы любим их) жду следующей эпизод будущее
better than poppy playtime's 1st chapter, i can tell you that... when both games are fully released, i fully expect this game to beat out poppy playtime as a whole. i liked this first one, and i have quite a bit of hope for the series' future. no matter how yucky binky stinky is, or whatever they call him. big L for mob entertainment, getting mogged by the superior content farm owning indie studio. this game has an ARG attached to it. not that it matters to me, i don't care enough and am not clever enough to figure those out, but it's there for anyone who likes that. the actual gameplay in this is decently unique for a mascot horror game, i feel. it's not perfect, but very enjoyable, especially if you're a mascot horror slop freak like me. the omeletteman's song that plays during the cookie section is such a fun jingle, and that section is probably the highlight of the game for me. the song is short, and thus, loops several times, even if you race through it. i was taking my time, but it continued to feel like a blessing to my ears every second i spent there, looking for secrets.
binky my son.
Für mich ist Dark Pals ein Spiel das man nicht so schnell vergisst. Ich habe es wirklich geliebt, vor allem wegen der Story und der Grafik, die fast wie aus einem kleinen gruseligen Kinderbuch wirkt. Man merkt einfach, wie viel Liebe zum Detail drinsteckt! Dieses Spiel hat mich sehr überrascht! Die Musik passt super zur Stimmung und macht alles nur noch intensiver. Freue mich definitiv auf einen neuen Teil. 10/10 Vielleicht kein typisches Horrorspiel, aber genau das macht es irgendwie aus. Bitte weiter so!
I like this game, even if the mascot horror genre is a bit downhill. Overall 8.5/10. Can't wait for a sequel.
Unintuitive puzzles are the entire makeup of this game. Premise seems interesting but the gameplay is just not it.
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