Discover a surreal Venice in this gripping point-and-click-novel-adventure game. Solve a variety of puzzles and chat with quirky characters to uncover the mystery surrounding the Stucky family. Find out what it means to be human!
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In this atmospheric mix of point-and-click adventure and visual novel, you explore an unusually complex Venice through the eyes of Aiko, an introverted programmer, and Thea, a super-clever but sometimes quirky AI.
Complex puzzles, sensory illusions, and moral decisions challenge you. Reality and dreams, past and present begin to blur—and with them the question of what it actually means to be human.
Classic point-and-click adventure + visual novel game in a mysterious crime setting.
Fantastic hand-animated scenes, characters, and animations.
High-quality sound with a complete soundtrack and full voice acting for all characters.
Exciting fact-fiction story with real locations in Venice and real historical figures and events.
Three different endings depending on your decisions in the storyline.
Includes dynamic weather to experience Venice on sunny days, beautiful evenings, dark nights, or even heavy storms.
Humorous dialogue puzzles and countless fully-fledged NPCs.
The puzzles in Venice After Dark don't rely on speed, but on attention, interpretation, and perception. Many challenges arise from what you see—or overlook. Talk to the countless quirky Venetians to get clues, or search the detailed backgrounds for important items or secret passages.
Engaging logic puzzles such as hacking an elevator, investigating secret locations, or piecing together important clues.
Exciting day and night gameplay loop: Gather information during the day by traveling, talking to people, collecting items, and solving puzzles. Master auditory tasks and optical illusions at night.
Unique sensory gameplay that tests your skills based on real scientific experiments.
This Venice is populated by countless bizarre inhabitants. Every encounter is different, every dialogue holds surprises. Some will help you, others will try to manipulate you or have even worse intentions... Always by your side is Thea, a quirky but super-smart AI.
Hand-drawn characters with their own motivations and backstories.
Elaborate animations ensure dynamic dialogues and a wide range of emotions.
All dialogues are voiced by professional actors.
This Venice is different. It is a smorgasbord of crazy places, alleys, and secrets. Populated by a wide variety of characters. It will change over the course of the story. Due to sometimes drastic weather changes and different times of day, even familiar places offer new surprises and unique atmospheres time and again.
Many places actually exist, researched by our team on site.
Atmospheric and detailed backgrounds.
Different moods due to different times of day and weather changes.
A lively world with a multitude of dynamically animated characters and objects.
Many secret places are waiting to be discovered.
We are very aware of how important localization is—especially for a story-driven game like Venice After Dark.
At the moment, however, we simply don’t have the resources to support all the languages we would love to include. We hope the game will be well received so we can reinvest the revenue and gradually add more language options in the future.
If you have any ideas or know someone who could help us with translations, we would love to hear from you!
Feel free to reach out to us here on Steam or via our social media channels.
Thank you so much for your support!
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Languages: English*, German**languages with full audio support
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Hours played at review time, across 27 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Wyld ;) Story bekommt sehr bald einen unerwarteten Hook und dann wirds immer schräger. Bin gespannt wie es weiter geht. Man merkt, dass es hier ein Herzens Projekt ist mit sehr individuellem Geschmack. Kein 0815 sondern etwas Besonderes 😊
Cooles point and click games, welches wieder an die früheren Games wie Edna bricht aus erinnert. :)
This was a very unique game and very well done. Highly recommend.
Ich bin noch nicht ganz durch und werde dieses Review noch aktualisieren. Nach 3 Stunden kann ich aber schon eine erste Einschätzung geben. Venice After Dark ist ein atmosphärisches, mit viel Liebe gemachtes, klassisches Point-and-Click-Adventure, das toll inszeniert und sehr spannend geschrieben ist. Bislang kann ich es sehr empfehlen und bin schon sehr gespannt auf das Ende. Disclaimer: Ich habe zwei kleine Sprechrollen im Spiel, kenne sonst aber nichts von dem Titel und habe ihn auch nicht kostenlos erhalten.
Ich hatte das Spiel zwar schon länger auf meiner Wunschliste, aber gar nicht mehr so auf dem Schirm. Der Shadowdrop auf der Caggtus 2026 führte dann zum Sofortkauf (noch während ich an der Bühne dort stand) und ich habe es keine Sekunde bereut. Ayko ist eine tolle Protagonistin in diesem liebevollen Point & Click Adventure. Sie durchlebt einige wylde Tage und Nächte in Venedig und irgendwie ist [spoiler](Das müsst ihr schon selbst rausfinden, ich spoil doch das Spiel hier nicht!)[/spoiler]. Der Sprechercast ist ebenso liebenswürdig wie die Romanze zwischen [spoiler](REDACTED)[/spoiler] und [spoiler](REDACTED TOO)[/spoiler]. Der comichafte Zeichenstil ist wirklich wunderschön anzusehen und mit einigen Details gespickt. Auf die Ohren gibt's einen richtig tollen, stellenweise orchestralen, Soundtrack und einen vollen deutschen und englischen cast an Sprechern und Sprecherinnen.
Spannende Geschichte, schöner Grafikstil. Venice after Dark ist ein sehr schönes Point & Click Adventure.
This game looks and plays like a love letter to the point-and-click adventure game genre - no wonder since the two main creators behind it are true afficionados for that type of games. The setting in modern day Venice (with a slightly surreal touch) feels fresh, and the story pulls you in after a soft start. What I found most appealing concerning the story is that many parts (locations, characters, history, etc.) are actually grounded in real historic events and persons, which makes for a fascinating blend between fiction and factual background information. It took me a short time to adjust to the player's AI companion, which at first appeared like a sassy know-it-all, but becomes a likable character on its own quickly. The only "quirk" I am still struggling with a bit is the talking style of the main character (especially in the German version) which is sometimes not how I'd imagine someone would talk, with the slang and youth vocabulary present. But maybe I am just too old. :) What truly stands out is the voice acting. Both German and English language localisation is perfectly done with professional actors, I can't even decide if I prefer to play in English or German. The music is also very fitting. The art style is also unique. No, it's not the pixel art that you would find in the golden era of Sierra or LucasArts games, but a more abstract, cleaner design in high resolution that fits the setting quite well, especially when things get a bit weird and "over the top". For some people it might take some time to adjust to the art style, but the big advantage here is consistency: all assets have been drawn by a single artist, so they fit very well together and make for a coherent experience. I haven't finished the complete game yet, so I can't tell anything of the later game puzzles and story development, but from what I have seen so far, the puzzles are fair, creative, well-designed and for the most part interwoven with the story. There is also a multi-layered hint system making the game approachable to all kinds of players as well as nice helpers like a command to reveal all hotspots in a screen. Kudos for providing so much accessibility features! All in all, I am quite impressed with what this small team came up with. This is what can result when you dedicate years to make an enjoyable game that is both a homage to classic adventures as well as a unique experience that stands on its own. Truly recommended!
Super deutsche Vertonung und bisher ein tolles Story-Spiel mit sehr gutem Soundtrack.
Sehr hölzerne Dialoge. Story wirr, offenkundig keine Ahnung von Venedig. Hübscher Cartoon-Stil - aber insgesamt macht das einfach keinen Spaß so.
Venice after Dark is a lovingly crafted point-and-click adventure that really stands out thanks to its gripping narrative and superbly written characters. What’s particularly outstanding, however, is the soundtrack, the sound mixing and the atmosphere they create. The art design is distinctive – very understated and ‘simple’ – but captures Venice beautifully and I personally loved it. The AI theme is highly topical and is explored here in an entertaining way.
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