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Is Blackout: The Darkest Night worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who prefer short, choice-led stories over action-focused play
- Players interested in replaying a story to explore alternate routes and endings
- Fans of dark modern mysteries who want character attributes to affect available choices
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long campaign may find the 1.5 to 2 hour first playthrough brief.
- Players who want to visit every location in a single run may find the mutually exclusive and optional chapters limiting.
- Players looking for combat-focused gameplay may prefer a different kind of game.
Our take on Blackout: The Darkest Night
The branching structure gives choices room to reshape routes and chapter order, but it also means a single run cannot cover every location. With a first playthrough lasting about 1.5 to 2 hours, exploring the full set of paths depends on replaying.
What is Blackout: The Darkest Night?
Blackout is interactive fiction with a branching structure, set in a contemporary, shadowy world where unseen creatures and personal fears lurk.
The protagonist comes to on a city street, unable to recall recent events, and must choose whether to uncover the truth or walk away. Decisions shape chapter order and the paths through each location. Three shifting traits—Courage, Sanity, and Fitness—along with acquired objects determine which choices and routes are available. The story spans 10 locations and an epilogue; some places are optional or cannot both be visited in the same run, so a playthrough does not include every chapter.
There are five endings, and play does not end in a game over. A first run lasts about 1. 5 to 2 hours, with later attempts changing according to choices, items, traits, and location sequence.
How Blackout: The Darkest Night plays
- 01Changing attributes
- Courage, Sanity, and Fitness can affect which choices and routes are available.
- 02Branching chapters
- Choices can change chapter order, and some locations cannot be visited in the same run.
- 03Five endings
- Each playthrough reaches an ending, with no game-over state.
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Blackout: The Darkest Night: platforms & release
Is Blackout: The Darkest Night worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who prefer short, choice-led stories over action-focused play. Skip it if: players seeking a long campaign may find the 1.5 to 2 hour first playthrough brief.
Where can I download Blackout: The Darkest Night?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Blackout: The Darkest Night's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Blackout: The Darkest Night on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
