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The Church in the Darkness

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App ID 339830
App Type Game
Store Name The Church in the Darkness ™
Developer
Publisher Fellow Traveller
Franchise Fellow Traveller
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31480485
Last Record Update 4 October 2025 – 13:17:11 UTC ()
Release Date 2 August 2019 – 14:47:25 UTC ()
❓ 58.11%
154 reviews
0
In-Game
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💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 👊 Violent 🧞 Choices Matter 🥷 Stealth

The Church in the Darkness is an action/stealth game where you infiltrate a religious cult and the story changes every time you play. It's 1977 and your nephew has moved deep into the South American jungle. Sneak into his commune, find out what's going on, and try to get the best ending you can.

Additional Information

Developer Paranoid Productions
metacritic_name The Church in the Darkness
controller_support full
metacritic_score 65
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-church-in-the-darkness?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Fellow Traveller
Store Release Date 2 August 2019 – 14:47:45 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 2 August 2019 – 14:47:25 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 3 November 2022 – 00:31:42 UTC () (1667435502)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Tobii SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 18 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6035000
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    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 22 December 2014 – 21:39:20 UTC (), in changelist #825967
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

4 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🌱 Indie 🗺️ Adventure 👊 Violent 🧞 Choices Matter 🥷 Stealth 😨 Dark 🔚 Multiple Endings 📚 Story Rich 🗺 Exploration 👤 Singleplayer 🕰️ Alternate History 🤫 Mystery 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🌫 Atmospheric 🎨 Stylized 🌍 Open World 🕴 Psychological Horror 👻 Roguelite 🌄 Action-Adventure

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Accessibility Categories

Color Alternatives Custom Volume Controls

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Steam charts

  • 0 players right now
  • 1 24-hour peak
  • 39 all-time peak 2 August 2019
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  • ❓ Mixed
  • 58.11% SteamDB Rating
  • 93 60.4% positive reviews
  • 61 39.6% negative reviews

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The Church in the Darkness had an all-time peak of 39 concurrent players on 2 August 2019.

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