The Church in the Darkness

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App ID	339830
App Type	Game
Store Name	The Church in the Darkness ™
Developer	Paranoid Productions
Publisher	Fellow Traveller
Franchise	Fellow Traveller
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	28972112
Last Record Update	14 May 2025 – 02:37:38 UTC ()
Release Date	2 August 2019 – 14:47:25 UTC ()

❓ 57.58%

149 reviews

In-Game

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

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)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomCenter
width_pct	100
height_pct	100

review_score

review_percentage

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

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

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

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

23a466bb52fe4da04ec215c5c66edebf2cfa7a2b

logo_small

23a466bb52fe4da04ec215c5c66edebf2cfa7a2b_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomCenter
logo_position/width_pct	100
logo_position/height_pct	100

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
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library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	ecbe6ba33a8e747c41c19d896f02fec6d1a72174.jpg
page_background_path	app/339830
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	30 August 2024 – 09:47:59 UTC

Trailers

256757982 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256757982/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256757982/movie_max.mp4
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microtrailer/video/mp4	256757982/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256757982/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256757982/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	236273
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1570227886
256661067 ↴
trailer_name	The Church in the Darkness Teaser Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256661067/movie480.mp4
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trailer_base_id	52902
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1556927210
256737985 ↴
trailer_name	The Church in the Darkness Character Trailer
trailer_category	0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4	256737985/movie480.mp4
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trailer_max/video/mp4	256737985/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	256737985/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	256737985/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256737985/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	200188
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1544488054

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
339831	Windows White Night (working title) Content	1.53 GiB	547.67 MiB
339832	macOS White Night (working title) Mac Depot	1.59 GiB	553.51 MiB
1115900	DLC 1115900The Church in the Darkness OST (1115900) Depot	2.02 GiB	2.00 GiB

Total size on disk is 5.14 GiB and total download size is 3.07 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.53 GiB and total download size is 547.67 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		6035000	4 January 2021 – 01:39:13 UTC
publicbeta	Public Beta w Notes Menu	6035000	4 January 2021 – 01:31:02 UTC

Other

Name	Value
baselanguages	English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese
privatebranches	1

The Church in the Darkness

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