I Can't Escape: Darkness

I Can't Escape: Darkness

I Can't Escape: Darkness ensnares your senses like quicksand; the harder you search for auditory and visual clues, the further you sink into a wet, living labyrinth. Dive into the abyss, scavenge for any useful items, and attempt to flee from one of history's most wicked puzzles!

Release Date 17 Sep, 2015
Developer Fancy Fish Games
Publisher Fancy Fish Games
Genre Adventure , Indie
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
43 Metacritic View on Steam

System Requirements

Component
Minimum
Operating System
Windows XP
Windows XP
Processor
2.0 GHz C
Intel Core2 Duo P9300 @ 2.26GHz C
Graphics
OpenGL 2.0 with ARB or EXT Framebuffer Objects C
GeForce FX 5600 C
Memory
512 MB
2 GB
Storage
120 MB
120 MB

Suggested PC Build

Minimum Build

  • CPU: AMD E2-9030
  • GPU: GeForce FX Go5300
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • Storage: 1 GB
  • OS: Windows XP

Recommended Build

  • CPU: Intel Core2 Duo P9300 @ 2.26GHz
  • GPU: GeForce FX 5600
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Storage: 1 GB
  • OS: Windows XP

About This Game

I Can’t Escape: Darkness is an atmospheric horror adventure that drags you into a living dungeon where every element works to prevent your getaway. This immersive journey into the unknown is personified by the Darkness itself. Your chances of survival are low; if you fail, the dungeon will reconfigure before your next attempt. Use any light source you can find to ward off the Darkness, because once your illumination fades, you will be consumed.

What You Get:

  • An Infinitely Replayable Living, Breathing Dungeon - Explore dim passages and caverns carved for mysterious reasons and meant to trap anyone who enters. One wrong move leads to an eternal fall, and upon your return, the environment will never be exactly as you recall.
  • The Truth About The Darkness - Uncover hints regarding the tomb and the lore of The Darkness while attempting to flee.
  • A Guaranteed Uneasy Feeling in the Pit of Your Stomach - The very walls desire your presence; they will do whatever it takes to keep you confined in the shadows. Your sight and hearing will deceive you, driving an urgent need to escape the dungeon as quickly as possible.
  • The More You Explore, The More You Will Find - Every floor hides secrets, surprises, and unique rooms.
  • Tweet Your Escape… Or Your Death - Upon dying, you can inform your Twitter followers of your progress and your cause of death, or if fortune favors you, the duration of your successful escape!

What We Get:

  • The Sadistic Pleasure of Seeing You Die on Twitter - We are watching, and every time you perish—or even succeed—it makes our day.
  • More “I Can’t Escape!” - Fancy Fish Games is a small studio that values your support, and we look forward to challenging, trapping, and deceiving you in future titles!

The Follow-Up:

I Can't Escape: Darkness serves as the spiritual successor to our popular 2013 title "I Can't Escape," developed in a single month and enjoyed by over 250,000 players. We aimed to expand the simple concept of the original—a creepy, immersive dungeon experience that defies expectations—into a full game while maintaining its core spirit. Designed to evoke feelings of isolation and being lost, I Can't Escape: Darkness encourages wild imagination and offers subtle hints of terror rather than overt brutality. Will you witness unpleasant things we placed, or horrors born of your own mind in the Darkness?