A Dark Room

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Description of App

**Want Amir or Michael to speak at your school about game development and coding? Reach out to us! We'd love to inspire young minds.** Awake. Head throbbing. Vision blurry. Come light the fire. Official release of A Dark Room. #1 RPG, Game, and App *overall* in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore and Canada. Ranked as one of the top 10 games in 17 countries worldwide. 100% accessible and playable via VoiceOver. Critical Acclaim: "The game creates an enthralling parallax effect that can keep devoted players dosed, for hours, on the pleasurable sense of immersion..." - The New Yorker "A Dark Room will blow you away with its evolving depth and variety. It’s exciting to discover something so unique and refreshing on the App Store. 5 stars" - Cult of Mac "These are the twists you'll find in the corners of "A Dark Room" -- a game that's always unpredictable and always intriguing." - Huffington Post "If Cormac McCarthy made an iPhone game, it would be this one... an unlikely but thoroughly deserving bestseller. And it’s as compelling as it is unsettling." - Slate Magazine Paste Magazine, Maddy Myers: Top 20 Indie Games of 2013 Forbes, Daniel Nye Griffiths: Top 5 Anti-Games of 2013 Giant Bomb, Zoe Quinn: Top 10 Games of 2013 Giant Bomb, Cara Eillison: Top 10 Games of 2013 (honorable mention) Indie Games: Top 10 Game Dev’s Favorites of 2013

Version

2.33

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

No

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

8.4.1

Accessibility Comments

This game is 100 percent accessible.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

If the description above confuses you, this game combines interactive fiction with resource management. You start off with nothing and work to create a village which will range in size the farther you go.

Developer's Twitter Username

@ADarkRoomiOS

Recommendations

18 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Rafaela Freundt 4 days 2 hours ago

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Comments

By TheBlindGuy07 on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 19:22

It's such a unique gameplay, plus the game itself is adictive! I love everything so far.
How to make the builder happier again? Like she went from hopeful to worried and now saddened. Any way to know what I need to do? Like by mistake I went on the boat, got killed by a bird and she resurrected me. Now I have random beasts killing half of my slaves so I'm desperately playing catch up... But honestly one of the best game I tried, I didn't know it existed! It's so cool.