Alone in the Dark

Capsule ComputersAdmir Brkic

8/10

While this reimagining of the 1992 cult classic is lacking on some fronts, it makes up for the superb and unsettling atmosphere sprinkled throughout the whole game all while being a strong love letter to the original.

Impulse GamerGareth Newnham

Alone in the Dark is a superb survival horror game that successfully blends old-school design sensibilities with modern genre trappings hamstrung by technical

TechRaptorTyler Chancey

8/10

Alone in the Dark breathes new life into the original's haunted house premise while adding a solid foundation of modern horror game design.

Steam Deck HQNoah Kupetsky

7/10

Alone in the Dark is a solid reimagining of the original 1992 release, and it plays very well on the Steam Deck!

Sirus GamingKimberly Mae Go

6/10

You better must choose if it’s worth spending your spare cash, because it might not be the game for you and it might be for others.

Gamer EscapeTimothy "Urthdigger" Hyldahl

6/10

Now, that’s not to say there’s nothing to enjoy, far from it! I really enjoyed the writing and performances, but it likely says something that I had a lot more fun just rushing through on a second playthrough on easy to see the story differences than I did on my initial go on normal where I actually had to explore.

WayTooManyGamesKyle Nicol

5.5/10

Alone in the Dark’s influence on the industry has been pretty large, very much pioneering the survival horror and allowing games like Resident Evil to exist. Unfortunately, though it’s a game that has struggled over the years. 2008’s ridiculously ambitious soft reboot “Inferno” could have been a great return, but didn’t hit the mark, with some fundamental problems that put the series on ice. Meanwhile, 2015’s Illumination took the franchise’s core and turned it into a third-pe...

Checkpoint GamingCharlie Kelly

5.5/10

Alone in the Dark should be quite the event of a release. Serving as a remake of the original 1992 horror game, the title often described as the ‘grand daddy’ of survival horror, this is an attempt at bringing the series into the modern age.  The only problem is the franchise has tried this once before with the incredibly poorly received 2008 reboot. Sixteen years later and sadly, Alone in the Dark has repeated history, failing to capture modern audiences. A swing and a miss.

WellPlayedJames Wood

5.5/10

Alone in the Dark marks a fine attempt at contemporary survival horror mechanics but is completely adrift with an incoherent narrative, dull design, and baffling tonal choices.

GGReconTarran Stockton

Alone in the Dark is a tough game to review, and one I imagine my feelings about will wax and wane just as frequently as the tides come in and out. I feel mixed on nearly every aspect of the experience, and ultimately I'm not sure I can say any one part of it hits the lofty heights of some of its predecessors.

TheSixthAxisJim Hargreaves

5/10

While it’s great to witness the return of survival horror royalty, Alone in the Dark haphazardly follows modern genre trends where it once invented them. While it mostly succeeds at drawing players into a Lovecraftian mystery, it's hard to ignore the underbaked action elements used to patch these story beats together.

Jump Dash RollRob Kershaw

4/10

Alone in the Dark is a scare-free horror experience, rife with technical issues, a nonsensical plot, and lacklustre performances from its two notable stars.