KARMA: The Dark World

this game one of those rare hidden gems , a deeply atmospheric , underrated experience that slipped under the radar for many players. It absolutely deserves more attention . Give it a chance , unforgettable journey . باللنسبة لي اللعبة واحدة من أجمل الالعاب الرعب النفسي اللي قدمته لي , قدمت لي قصة جميلة وتويست رائع جدًا لعبة قصيرة الحقيقة ولكن تستاهل تجربتك الشخصية ان كنت تبحث عن قصة رعب نفسي بنهاية جميلة ومرضية انصحكم فيها وتستاهل وقتكم .

Although the game isn't very long, the story being told as you play through as Daniel Mcgovern is a brilliant one, i definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys horror and jumpscares and games with good stories. The Story telling in this game is very well done from beginning to end. i personally never could've predicted the ending of the story.

I loved this game so so so much. This story for this game was so beautiful yet tragic at the same time. The way the game can change your perception of your entire reality amazing. The puzzles were not super difficult, and I liked the collectibles or memos you can find as well. I loved that you got to play as other characters in the game, which allows for a more immersive and gripping story line as you're able to see how each individual character has an important part in the story. This game was beautiful along with the visuals and I 10000% cried at the end...ifykyk. The puzzles were not super difficult, and I liked the collectibles or memos you can find as well.

Karma: The Dark World doesn’t scare you with cheap jump scares—it gets under your skin with silence, shadows, and sorrow. It unravels slowly, layering memory, guilt, and distorted reality into something deeply personal and profoundly unsettling. This isn’t just horror. It’s a reflection on who we are when everything familiar turns against us. If you're drawn to the kind of horror that hurts a little, that sits with you long after the screen fades to black—play this!

One of the best story games I have ever played. There is not much else to say, except it is going to stay with me for a very long time.

To be honest, I had somewhat high hopes for this game being something akin to [i]SOMA[/i], [i]Hellblade[/i], or [i]Amnesia[/i], only set in a 1984-inspired world. What I got was a messy, sloppy story that pretends it has something meaningful to say, but falls flat on its face - especially toward the end. It feels pretentious, as if the writers of this story didn't know what makes other games of this genre good, and just ended up with a mishmash of "1984", "Brave New World", "Twin Peaks". Sound design leaves a lot to be desired, especially in the voice acting department. I mean, come on, how much grunting is too much? Regardless of the scene, the odds are that you’ll be listening to the main character grunting for dozens of agonizing seconds. While the style may appeal to some, I found it bleak and unsubstantiated. What's up with TV-headed population? It wasn't because of "Let's replace people's heads with TVs! That would look so cool!", right? Why does the interrogation room have blatantly mirrored textures? You didn't even bother to change the number 0010 seen in the corner of the machine to something else, and player can observe this mirrored integer for quite a while, while enjoying the oh-so-not-over-the-top voice acting (grunting) of Ben and, later, Rachel (although here with less grunting). All in all - lackluster voice acting, incoherent and rushed story (with a huge exposition dump right in the end), weird stylistic choices that, to me, were added just for the sake of relevance or engagement rather than to serve the story. What I liked: [list] [*]Puzzles. While most of the mandatory puzzles are boring, some of the secret ones (I’m talking about the small colored boxes) were real head-scratchers—which I loved. [*]Visuals. Apart from some UE5 bugs, like incorrect texture LODs and mirrored machines in the interrogation room(which comes of as lazy), the visuals are definitely a strong point. [*]Atmosphere of going more and more insane. While there are games that captured this better, I must admit that the eerie sense of ever-looming madness was strong enough that I actually felt a bit sick once or twice. That's cool. [/list] I’d rate this game a 5/10, but considering the high price for such a short runtime, it’s a “No” from me.

Fantastic game that fully utilize the interactive medium that is videogames. Really beautiful!

I love a good story with a creepy atmosphere and this one has it. I also love a game that doesn't overstay it's welcome. At about 6 hours to beat (I grabbed like 95% of the collectibles) it certainly doesn't impose itself. The graphics are also pretty good at least IMO, the sound will get your skin prickly, and the controls are solid. Well worth the 20 bucks I paid.

This is such an interesting experience! The world crafting is truly masterful, I was content to potter around and look at different stuff at my leisure. My only complaint would be that the "run" speed is like 10% faster than the walk speed, so chase scenes lack a sense of "chase", but the slower speed does mean you get to take in the truly stunning visuals in this game so like... I dunno man, let's just call it canon that your character has busted legs. Busted legs and a busted brain from all this mind-bending insanity he has to endure. The story was quite complicated, in the final act I was completely lost until the credits tied it altogether, but overall it was satisfying. The puzzles were varied and fun to solve, and it was definitely one of the most interesting and engaging walking sim games I've ever played. Strongly recommend!

Unsettling, mysterious, and jaw dropping. The Orwellian theme set the tone as I unraveled the secrets of an omnipresent and oppressive corpocracy and it's involvement amongst the various characters. The game is visually striking, I was astonished at this world the Unreal Engine 5 created. The story keeps adding levels of curiosity as I submerge myself deeper and deeper. The music is superb, I can't stop listening to it outside of the game. My biggest gripe with horror games are the absurd complexity of puzzles they throw in but the ones in this game are satisfyingly modest. 8/10

In my life I have played numerous horror games. Amnesia series, Dead Space series, layers of fear 1-2, Observer, Silence hill franchise, Resident Evil Franchise, Callisto Protocol, and many many more. At first I thought I wouldn't be able to take this game seriously because the main character's face kinda looked like dante from devil may cry, and the music on the trailers didn't sell the game properly. JUST WOW. I'm not even done yet but wow. Graphics are insane. Game is very well optimised. Voice acting is great. The fucking horror actually stayed me. Never had a game be able to mess with me psychologically like this. Cant see why this game isn't known more. Definitely try it.

I'm glad I found this game. Very interesting mix of horror, mystery and sprinkles of noir. Definitely inspired by games like RE7, Silent Hill, but also a lot of Remedy stuff and of course 1984.

I loved the overall story and its art style/design only thing I could really say negative is some of the puzzles im not a level D citizen but shit man that shit is some level A+ how was i ever supposed to get that

Absolutely fantastic game and mixed so many different gameplay styles and art. Never knew what was going to happen next and was so weird in the best of ways!

Beautiful, frightening, distubing, touching, soul crushing. Video games are an experience, and what a wild ride this one was.

What a game. I was relieved to see that this has a decent amount of reviews and wasn't one of those indies that struggles to break 100 reviews, because this is very well made. It doesn't necessarily do anything new in the "walking simulator" space, but it does everything so very well. I was immediately sucked into the world, art style, and music from the first trailer I saw that I knew I had to play the full game. It very clearly takes inspiration from 1984, which it doesn't try to hide, but does such a great job of building a grotesque, dystopian, horrifying world without telling you too much. By the end it tells a very personal and moving story within the world, even if half way through you think to yourself, "what the heck am I playing?" Go in blind and enjoy the ride - it comes together pretty well in the end. This game has prefected the famous Raycevick quote "games should leave you wanting more" both in terms of game length, but also in terms of story: it leaves enough unsaid that details of the world are open to your imagination, making you want to know more about the world without spoiling the fun of interpretation. The only thing I will say is make sure you go into the game with the right expectations. This is a "walking simulator" in that you move around slowly, listen to dialogue, solve some puzzles, etc. If you don't enjoy the genre/style of story telling, then this won't change your mind. Thankfully, it seems like we've mostly moved on from the 2010's when everyone thought it was their place to say "aLl YoU dO iS wAlK" or "tHeRe IsN't AnY gAmePlAy" and berate these types of games to death...while turning around and playing their 700th hour of Call of Duty 27. This type of game/story/experience has a place in the industry, and I am glad they have learned how to market them to the right audience. I will be eagerly anticipating this team's next game.

beautiful game, i watched it first on youtube but i loved it so much that i had to buy it to show some support and it was wonderful to play through. highly recommend!

Karma The Dark World was truly an experience of a game. Through thrilling well placed scares, well developed environments, and an impressively eerie atmosphere, this game has made a seat for itself in lots of horror game fanatics permanent favorites. Keeping true to its psychological aspect during the entirety of the gameplay, the story progresses at a steady pace with only a few moments feeling rushed, which is quickly remedied by the more involved scenes (such as what I will refer to as the lovers section) that guide you, and hold you hooked to every possible word and moment. Your mind becomes involved more and more heavily as you realize the weight of each action, the terror of not being able to stop the MC, the reality that there was never another choice for you, another path, as the player... An incredible title that sits for me personally among the stunning world building, storytelling, and plot developments of games like SOMA and Dead Space, I just wish I could forget it all to play it from a blank slate from the start.. all over again.

Just finished the game. I have no idea what just happened and my brain feels like it is bleeding, and I like it.

I love Twin Peaks, Control, Gone home, What remains of Edith Finch and Scorn - all of which were obvious influences for this game (some of them being referenced in not-at-all-subtle ways), but I didn't enjoy Karma : The Dark World. The game has some interesting set pieces and surprising choices in its presentation, but ultimately for me it's too melodramatic, it takes itself too seriously (unlike Control or Twin Peaks), the gameplay feels very forced and even unnecessary at points (I honestly feel this would work well as a more straightforward walking simulator, without any 'puzzles'), the references are too on-the-nose, voice performances are very weak at times, sound design is very rough and lacks detail in a lot of places. Perhaps I'm too critical, but that's my 2 cents.

Interesting linear story-oriented game. [b]The story itself is good[/b] with small portions of "wtf was that and why it happend". The way of storytelling reminds me of Remedy games (especially Control) where you can understand everything only after second playthrough. [i]If you like it[/i] - you will like this game too. [i]If not[/i] - this game will be for you another "what did I just watched" and results to 4/10. This is walking simulator and every puzzle or minigame is working for the story, so don't go there for the gameplay. By the way, puzzles itself - [b]they're frustrating[/b]. There's mostly no envirnomental clues on what you need to do and do you think in the right way. They has a lot of possibilities to resolve - and the way, developer wants you to resolve - is really non-intuitive. Overall, for me it's a 7/10. [i]If you like story-oriented games and David Lynch's storytelling style - I would recommend it. For everyone else - you can skip it.[/i]

I'm writing this in the middle of like an hour long uninterruptable cutscene / occasionally walk down a hallway sequence. Turns out that was the ending of the game. Awful.

Fantastic visuals, but I gave up and just quit the game when I realized I'd put almost 3 hours into it and I literally had no idea what the hell was going on. Everything was so abstract and metaphorical that I totally lost track of who I was, who the other people where, and most importantly, why I should care about [i]anything[/i] at all. Just a disorganized mess and I wish I could get those 3 hours back.

I wish I could vote for this somewhere in the middle. I am a casual gamer who is no good at combat/fps, so I enjoy a good walking sim/point and click with some puzzles etc. While this had beautiful rendering and cinematic scenes, it really put the walking in walking sim. You just basically walk through the story, very linear, and I couldn't make a lot of sense of the story, just a vague understanding of the general idea. It feels a bit like a knock off of Observer. Without the freedom of movement or clue collection. It's one of those games that seems good on paper but I found it a slog by the end. I wanted to finish it, so I pushed through. There's a few out of place chase sequences. I am still not 100% sure of the plot either.

A beautiful emotional story told in breathtaking art. the credit soundtrack is something out of this world :)

an absolutely amazing game one of the best stories i have ever seen in a game and so much put into it i love it

After playing for about 4 hours so far I can easily say this is an instant favorite for me. Very creative and interesting concept. Game crashed at the end.

The story would've been ok if I hadn't played Control or We Happy Few first. Even at that, you see Daniel and then you see an old man who looks exactly like Daniel... there are only so many reasons for that, so it's not exactly a shock when the story finally meanders to the *big reveal* that anyone can see coming. The pacing is horrible, and by that I mean the speed that Daniel walks at. A quadriplegic is faster than this guy, even when "running". The puzzles are either way too easy, or completely meaningless. Everyone is out of breath all of the time. I eventually just muted the game and left subtitles on because the pacing of the speech is so slow, and it has to leave room for all of the panting that has to occur so that we know the speaker is full of emotion! The head bobbing. What the fuck? I turned head bob off in settings, and the camera was on a goddamn swivel the entire game. I am a human, I have a neck and a head, and I have never in my life moved my head as much as the characters in this game. In the big reveal scene when Daniel discovers the secret, he's tied to a chair, and the camera is going HAMM, nodding like a bobblehead, and I just sat there wondering what that would look like in real life. A dude tied to a chair, aggressively nodding, while panting and asking stupid questions... I think I hated this game so much because I was looking forward to it so much, and it completely fell flat. Every aspect of this is done better elsewhere, so if this is the first game you've ever played: you will love it. If you have played anything in this genre before, especially Control, just don't bother with this.

amazing visualisation. I didn’t expect much except maybe some horror, so at the start I was like, wtf is going on here... I didn’t know this was massively inspired by Orwell’s 1984, smh. Nice story. Recommended!

the writing feels cringey sometimes but overall it's really solid

One of the best experiences I’ve had while playing a game.

Very mind bending artistic work.

cool orwellian game for the price

well done story telling and how rich the story building itself

Absolutely loved it! It reminded me a lot of the German series Dark.

Absolute mindf.ck!

It's aight. Get it on a sale.

Great game.

good

good

10/10

Mother is watching you

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

masterpiece

One word! Wauw

Damn.

Unique.