Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by THQ Nordic. It centers on puzzle, maze, or device solving, story, case, or mission progress, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.5 / 10
About this game
Alone in the Dark is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on puzzle, maze, or device solving, story, case, or mission progress, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Alone in the Dark mixes supernatural horror with the patient work of investigating unfamiliar places. Searching rooms, piecing together clues and confronting creatures make each discovery feel like another step into danger.
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AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Atmospheric investigation is undermined by combat and prelaunch reliability problems.
Alone in the Dark is most convincing when it leaves room to investigate Derceto. Documents, keys and object puzzles make the mansion worth examining, and its annotated map helps distinguish useful leads from completed rooms. The music sustains tension during these quieter stretches. Combat is less persuasive: resistant enemies and weak impact feedback make encounters feel cumbersome. Choosing another protagonist also repeats substantial material, limiting the attraction of a second journey. The consulted PS5 review encountered crashes and other progress-blocking faults before the day-one patch, so the technical assessment is expressly historical. It neither claims those faults remain today nor credits unverified fixes. Players primarily interested in atmosphere and traditional inventory puzzles have the strongest reason to explore this uneven reconstruction.
Strengths
- Engaging mansion investigation and useful maps
- Effective atmospheric music
Weaknesses
- Weak combat feedback
- Substantial overlap between protagonists
- Progress-interrupting faults in the tested build
Who it is for: Players prioritising mansion exploration and inventory puzzles over combat.
Play notes: Based on the March 19, 2024 prelaunch PS5 review, excluding the day-one patch; check current reliability separately.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Helpful maps reduce wandering, yet heavily overlapping routes weaken the replay proposition. | Reviewed | 6.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Investigation is appealing, but weak gunplay feedback leaves the overall interaction uneven. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The mansion and unsettling music provide effective atmospheric support. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Progress-interrupting faults materially damage reliability in the tested prelaunch build; later fixes are not inferred. | Reviewed | 4.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- THQ Nordic
- Publisher
- THQ Nordic
- Release date
- Mar 20, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Survival · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenMain Story 10–20 HoursPuzzle SolvingThird PersonInvestigationWarLinear LevelsSlow Burn3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyHorrorExploration
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideMar 20, 2024
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