A Dark Room

A fire, a stranger, and a story that grows in the dark.

Category: 🗺️ Adventure
Platform: Desktop & mobile

How to play

Click the buttons as they appear and gather resources. The story unfolds through your choices — stoke the fire and see where it leads.

Mouse

Click buttons and links to act

Touch

Tap buttons and links to act

About this game

The minimalist text adventure that became a cult classic. It starts with a dark room and a dying fire — and becomes something much bigger. No graphics, no hand-holding: just incremental decisions and an atmosphere you can cut with a knife.

A Dark Room is open-source software (MPL-2.0) by Doublespeak Games. View source code on GitHub.

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