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Darkestville Castle

Darkestville Castle — a darkly comedic point-and-click adventure where you play as a sarcastic demon. Solve clever puzzles, manipulate idiots, and bring chaos back to Darkestville, because being evil is just more fun.

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Developer
Epic Llama Games
Publisher
ESDigital Games
Release
September 21, 2017
8 years and 316 days ago
Steam Reviews
Very Positive717 reviews93.2%

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About the Game

Welcome to Darkestville. A place where people scream, demons laugh, and being evil is not only encouraged — it’s mandatory.

Meet Cid.

  • Professional tormentor.

  • Certified menace.

  • Local legend.

For years, everything was going great: villagers suffered, Cid thrived, balance was maintained. Then some idiot named Dan Teapot hired demon hunters. Now Cid is banished, annoyed, and ready to ruin absolutely everyone’s day.

Darkestville is a classic point-and-click adventure where you don’t save the world — you make it worse. Lie. Manipulate. Solve puzzles (yes, you’ll actually have to think).  Deal with ridiculous characters. Break things. Fix them. Break them again. All in the name of evil.

Inspired by the golden age of adventure games, Darkestville delivers sharp writing, dark humor, and just enough cruelty to keep things interesting. Because let’s be honest — being the hero is overrated. Be worse.

Key Features

  • Play as the villain (finally)

  • Dark humor that absolutely does not behave itself

  • Clever puzzles that will make you feel smart (eventually)

  • A world full of idiots, victims, and future regrets

  • Zero moral responsibility

Rule Darkestville. Or at least make it suffer.

P.S. Also, by purchasing this game, you are supporting a noble cause. Part of your money will be used to enslave mankind… sorry… to clean the seas from pollution, create a sanctuary for the only Endangered Invisible Flamingo on this planet, and other kinds of noble-sounding lies.

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