Tellers of spooky tales 👻
Spooky Doorway is an Irish game studio best known for The Darkside Detective series. We’re a small indie studio focused on delivering narrative-based experiences with puzzle and exploration mechanics.s
Both The Darkside Detective and A Fumble in the Dark are rated ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ on Steam and have won a few awards, which makes us feel like big fish.
Where darkness dwells and evil rents at extortionate rates.
The Darkside Detective is a multi-award winning comedy point-and-click adventure game, following Detective Francis McQueen as he tries to rights the wrongs of Twin Lakes city. Oh, so many wrongs.
The game follows in the footsteps of classic 80s and 90s
Season 1 launched with 6 cases on July 27th 2017. 3 new cases were added between then and July 27th 2018, the final case wrapping Season 1 and setting up the premise for the next instalment in the series.
The Darkside Detective can be purchased from the following stores:
The second game in the series was successfully kickstarted on 12th October 2018:
A Fumble in the Dark, is published by Akupara Games and released on April 15th, 2021. It brings 6 more cases, all much longer than their S1 counterparts and expands the world of The Darkside Detective.
A Fumble in the Dark can be purchased from the following stores
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The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
Halloween, 1897. A group of mystics from across the globe gather in the west of Ireland to rip open the veil between worlds and speak directly with the dead. 48 hours before the séance, Evelyn Deane goes missing. Detective Ward is summoned to find her and uncover the culprit before someone else disappears.
But the manor and its residents have more than one secret to hide. Can Ward safely navigate the haunted corridors to save Miss Deane before it is too late 
As Detective Declan Ward, you’ll interview and interrogate an eclectic group of suspects to learn more about their motivations and unearth any clues they may be hiding.
Record the details in Declan’s journal, then use your findings to uncover the truth about Blake Manor and the mysterious séance that has brought these unusual guests together 
Arriving at Blake Manor just before Halloween, you’ll soon learn something isn’t quite right as unexplained phenomena torment you at every turn.
Walking the halls, you’ll learn of the centuries of tragedy that have befallen the manor and the sad stories of spirits suffering because of it.
And somewhere in the midst of it all lie the mysterious whereabouts of Evelyn Dean 
Study the scenery, solve environmental clues and reach the forbidden areas of the hotel…and beyond.
But be careful – each action and every lost minute counts the day down. Be in the right place at the right time to catch critical events pertinent to your investigation. And who knows what hidden secrets lie in wait once you’ve turned in for the night… 
Brought to you by the creators of The Darkside Detective and Raw Fury, The Séance of Blake Manor is depicted by a beautiful comic-book art style. Inspired by Irish Mythology and the spiritualist movements of the Victorian era, players are cast into a first-person narrative adventure, blending the supernatural with a classic detective mystery. With its striking cutscenes, compelling narrative and dynamic soundtrack that reacts to the environment around you, Blake Manor and its secrets will leave you on the edge of your seat morning through night.
The developers describe the content like this:
References to violence and murder, drug and alcohol abuse.
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