The dark, the bleak, and the tragic - an IFDB Poll

Send me your downers, your bummers, your wretched games that leave the player feeling like they've been kicked in the teeth.

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	De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers 5 votes "Dark theme and disgusting reveal" [+]"Dark theme and disgusting reveal" () --egostat... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... "Deals..." [+]"Deals unflinchingly with some of the worst actions imaginable, asking many questions without necessarily providing answers" --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Adam Biltcliffe... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game

	Taghairm, by Chandler Groover 3 votes "Super edgy concept" [+]"Super edgy concept: It's the whole point of the game!" () --Cerfeuil... "Dark, bummer game..." [+]"Dark, bummer game " ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game

	Solkatt_ (english version), by BenyDanette 2 votes "bleak vibes throughout" [+]"bleak vibes throughout" () --Tabitha... "Dead-end life" [+]"Dead-end life: Play as a depressed shut-in with no hope of improving their situation. Very eerie." ( - Full review) --Cerfeuil... Vote for this game

	Bogeyman, by Elizabeth Smyth 2 votes "dark game about captured children" [+]"dark game about captured children" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... "Very depressing" [+]"Very depressing: No happy endings here, far as I can remember." () --Cerfeuil... Vote for this game

	Savor, by Ed Nobody 1 vote "Extended pain and suffering" [+]"Extended pain and suffering: Partly from the timed text, and partly from the extended descriptions of pain and suffering." ( - Full review) --BitterlyIndifferent... Vote for this game

	EROSTASIS, by DOMINO CLUB and candle and Beck Michalak 1 vote "Incredibly bleak setting" [+]"Incredibly bleak setting: One of the more horrific scifi dystopias I've seen. Note the game contains adult content." () --Cerfeuil... Vote for this game

	Forever and Ever, by PetricakeGames-IF 1 vote "short and..." [+]"short and personal--not a good ending in sight" --Laurie N... Vote for this game

	Ecdysis, by Peter Nepstad 1 vote "Bleak from beginning to end. " [+]"Bleak from beginning to end. " --dogdennings... Vote for this game

	LAKE Adventure, by B.J. Best 1 vote "quite bleak once you get into it" [+]"quite bleak once you get into it" ( - Full review) --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	1 4 the $, by Charm Cochran 1 vote "Loneliness and desperation, 3 bleak endings" [+]"Loneliness and desperation, 3 bleak endings" () --egostat... Vote for this game

	A Thing of Wretchedness, by AKheon 1 vote "quite dark/bleak" [+]"quite dark/bleak" ( - Full review) --Tabitha... Vote for this game

	Everything you swallow will one day come up like a stone, by Porpentine 1 vote "A game about suicide" [+]"A game about suicide: A lot of Porpentine's games are some degree of bleak. This is one of the lesser-known ones. I personally liked it." ( - Full review) --Cerfeuil... Vote for this game

Is there another game that you think should be on this list? Just fill in the title of a game you'd like to vote for.

Poll created on March 6, 2024