The Dark Occult

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• Recommended Posted September 25, 2025 on Steam anybody looking to fix the launch issue you dont need to be offline use cmd /c "set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 && %command%" and your good to go
• Not recommended Posted August 10, 2025 on Steam I've been waiting five years to buy this game, expecting the devs to have already solved all the issues. I bought it and tried to open the game five times, but it crashed every time. I was anxious to play, but I've already requested a refund.
• Not recommended Posted July 2, 2025 on Steam This game is not my kind of horror game. It froze my computer twice and I don't quite care for looking around the house for stupid numbers for a padlock which are all randomized. The game wasn't really even that scary mostly it was cheesy and it had several frame drops in cut scenes which by the way my computer is a beast and should 100% be able to handle the game. If all of these things are changed I would consider maybe changing my review.
• Recommended Posted April 22, 2026 on Steam I honestly wish there was a neutral rating on steam. This game is odd because it does a lot right, but also has a lot of issues that will turn off some players. This is made ever the more clear by the mixed rating on steam. That being said I am giving it a recommendation because this game scared the s**t out of me and that's saying a lot coming from a mega fan of horror. Let's start with the good: -Atmosphere is impeccable -Great visuals -Amazing setting (sure it's a haunted house, but it's well designed) -Should run well on the vast majority of pcs (ran this at 4k on a laptop with 4gb VRAM) -Amazing and varied scares and not overly reliant on jumpscares -Enjoyed the puzzles The scares are singlehandedly why this game gets a recommendation. It's probably in the top 5 scariest games I've ever played. It starts off pretty okay in the scare department, but it quickly becomes tense and nerve racking, with a good variety of scares. As the game progresses, the jumpscares become virtually not existent. This game has some of the most terrifying moments I've ever experienced. Years later I still have PTSD from some of these moments. the TLDR version is If you can stomach he negatives, then this game will scare you... Now onto the negatives: -Pacing is atrociously bad -Some bugs (I never had anything super bad in 1.5 playthroughs) -Ending is a little abrupt The biggest issue this game has and this is precisely why I feel like this could turn people off is the pacing. This game requires a TON and I mean TON of backtracking and you'll find yourself just wandering around the house for many hours until you find what you need to proceed. This bloats the time to complete the game. I understand each person is different but I would say this backtracking added maybe 4-6 hours onto my playtime. My one complete playthrough was about 16 hours. If they had cut out this backtracking, or limited it then the game probably would still have had about 10-12 hours of tighter and more fun gameplay. I understand that this was an indie studio's first offering, but my goodness was the backtracking tedious. So if you try this, just know you will get frustrated at times with all of the backtracking and wandering. So in conclusion, this game is a mixed bag. When it is good, it's masterfully good, but when it's bad it's painfully bad lol But I will say that to this day this game still ranks highly as one that I feel is worth the frustrations because the scares and atmosphere make this a truly terrifying experience
• Recommended Posted February 27, 2026 on Steam This game really made a great enviroment and atmosphere really great but too bad this game kinda crashing and bugging always and the exploration for the story and gameplay could get better
• Recommended Posted February 1, 2026 on Steam This is sharing the number 1 best horror game with Alien İsolaiton I hope they do a remastered update and make a comeback this game is very peak.