Lurking Darkness
A downloadable game for Windows
"The fear of the blood tends to create fear for the flesh." - Silent Hill
Warning: flashing lights
Lurking Darkness is a short, PS1-styled survival horror game about what happens if you get to close to the dangers that hide in the shadows...
On September 14th, 1990, four friends would enter the Greenlock Woods for an overnight camping trip.
Two days later, they were reported missing.
As part of a search party, your goal is to find any possible survivors. Keep your eyes peeled for anyone, and don't stray off the path.
| Actions | Controls |
| Movement | WASD |
| Interact | E |
| Sprint | Shift |
| Flashlight | F |
| Skip Dialogue | Left Click |
This game took way longer to make than I thought it would! Hope you guys like it! :)
Change Log:
V1.02 - Tweaked lockbox puzzle, and fixed some bugs.
V1.03 - Fixed a bug where you could leave the map early.
Added a download for my original soundtrack!
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This is kinda nice, seeing how the story folded too, I like horror games that are based on rummors or real life events, even myths:
It's kind of supposed to be an almagamation of its victims, but honestly I don't know what it turned out to be haha
Nice game, loved it!
Me encanto el juego le hise un video en youtube y aunque no tubo muchas vistas me encanto les dejo el link por si quieren verlo
Link del video:
Apart from barely being able to see anything, good game.
I need more games like this
Great game ScrumptiousChicken!
The darkness is Lurking...
I really liked it, it was super spooky when I was getting chased!
Nice game!
what the reviews say. good game!
I am a horror game reviewer - I left you an honest opinion, I hope you will continue to make games. Thanks to you, I have something to play. Good luck! <3
Very fun and spooky
Game mt bom
Pretty good game really enjoyed it definitely looking forward to play more of your games
An excellent, truly scary game! Despite being short, this game manages to tell a story, immerse you in it, and give you a good scare! There are much longer and more boring games on itch.io, but this one is really well done! Great job!
The fact that this is based on The Unknown from DBD IMMEDIATELY gets you some cool points. Spooky the whole way through and i did not expect a chase ! Great stuff !
I made a video on your game if you're interested :)As a big fan of DBD, it had to have some influence over the game in some way haha! Btw, I already saw your video back when it came out, glad you liked my game!
This game may have been short but I loved playing it. It gave me real creepy vibes!! Great Job.
nice game , the ambience is gold
Enjoyed it, great atmosphere.
Keep up the good work!
A good game with spooky ambience. When I had to enter that four-letter code, I couldn't press "E" to exit, I think it's a bug!
Thanks for letting me know!
Had a very suspenseful atmosphere to it.
Very nice work with this one. Not sure exactly why, but you managed to get my heart racing with the ending sequence. Loved it, ran well, and proof that you don't need top tier graphics and jumpscares to do horror. Excellent work, hope you keep on making games!
This game was so spooky! The chase scene was so tense! Keep up the awesome work!
Enjoyable game and the build up was cool! Was cool to have some lore to it as well with the notes. Definitely recommend it!
Great work! excellent buildup and atmosphere!
I loved it! No unnecessarily loud jump scares and it gave you a good sense of danger. The final part at night where the lightning was your only good light source was really well done, it really added to the reveal at the end and its honestly a underused idea. I've always loved moments where flashing/flickering light or the mussel flash of a gun are the only thing helping you see you're surroundings and so few games can pull that off.
The sound that played at the end will always give gamers nam flashbacks. My ass clenched hard enough to crush diamonds as soon as I heard that >_<
Thanks for the detailed response! I’m happy you liked it so much!
Awesome game!
Another question. But how much impressions does the game have?
Right now about 780k, but that makes sense since it’s currently at the top of the games page! We’ll see if this continues haha!
DANG!!! Do u have any tips to get popular on itch? cause that's crazy if i had that much i would cry of happiness.
Honestly, I didn’t do anything special marketing wise for this game! I think because it’s a horror game on Itch it was going to do pretty well anyways! I’m sure you’ll figure out what you want to make and what people want to play too :)
will there be a lurking darkness 2?
Probably not, but I definitely want to make other horror games!
Good Game!!!
Rock n Roll
I THOUGHT THAT DOING MY JOB WOULD GET ME FURTHER IN LIFE BUT REALLY IT JUST ENDED UP GETTING ME KILLED FASTER AND MORE BRUTALLY!! Youtube Link -
Wait, Varazo, I literally just got the notification for this video hahaha
This game was fun, the atmosphere, the music, and the eerie vibes. From beginning to end it felt like you were being watched and I enjoyed it.
I had a great time playing your amazing horror game! KEEP UP YOUR WORK MISTER!
This was good! Nice build-up!