Dark Deception
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Dark Deception

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

DEV: Glowstick EntertainmentPUB: Glowstick EntertainmentAppID 332950
UPDATE PULSEevery ~40d·last 1831d ago·11 recent on record

Is Dark Deception still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

87.9
Strong

Elixir Rating

88.3% of 24,367 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 87.9. Recent developer activity did not move the score in either direction.

reception 87.9·support +0.0·Strong

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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Development

Slowing down

Last heard from developers

4 months ago

Usual rhythm

not yet established

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

cannot be judged

The codex holds only a single day of announcements for this game, so its normal rhythm cannot be established. The developers were last heard 4 months ago.

We hold a thin slice of this game's announcement history, so its normal rhythm can't be established. That is a limit of our record, not evidence about the game.

Recent Transmissions

25 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsJun 18, 2026
Dark Deception x Youtooz plush collection now live 🩸!

Dark Deception plushies (Joy Kill, Malak, and Murder Monkey) are on sale for a limited time at Youtooz!https://youtooz.com/collections/dark-deception

Community AnnouncementsOct 2, 2023
Flamingo Dread Ducky is now available on Makeship!

Dark Deception's horrifyingly cute Dready Ducky is back with a new pink look as Flamingo Dread Ducky! Bright & flamboyant, Dready Ducky's done hiding and ready to shine in Monsters & Mortals! Don't be fooled by the colorful appearance and p…

Community AnnouncementsNov 11, 2022
Super Dark Deception Demo

Super Dark Deception's Demo is now live on Steam. This is the mini-game that will be playable in Dark Deception CH5. It's a fun 2D reimagining of Dark Deception. Be sure to give it a try! Super Dark Deception Demo

Community AnnouncementsJul 17, 2022
Dark Deception Youtooz Now Available!

Dark Deception finally has vinyl figures! Murder Monkey & Dread Ducky are now available on Youtooz!

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Community AnnouncementsNov 2, 2021
Dark Deception performance improvement

Decrease in GPU usage by anywhere from about 10% to 45% across the board on Dark Deception, enjoy the faster frames!

Community AnnouncementsSep 28, 2021
Dark Deception Chapter 4 & Dark Deception Enhanced Update are RELEASED!

The wait is over! The enhanced update to Dark Deception Chapters 1-3 and the (brand new) 4th chapter are officially released! Get it now while it's on sale!

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Community AnnouncementsAug 14, 2021
Dark Deception Enhanced + Chapter 4 Coming September 28th!

It's finally almost time! Dark Deception Enhanced is finished (you can watch it on YouTube) and Chapter 4 is almost done! Dark Deception CH4 will release on September 28th. The enhanced versions of CH 1-3 will release at the same time. Than…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 21, 2019
1.6.0 | Language and Difficulty Update.

Hey everyone! We have just pushed a patch that includes new languages and difficulty adjustments. School will now be quite a bit harder! Malak's Phantom Form has also been buffed globally. The languages (and their respective contributors) i…

Community AnnouncementsJul 12, 2019
1.5.2 | Update

Hey everyone! The past few days Vince and I have been working on fixing the most important bugs still left from the launch of Chapter 3. Thank you all for the feedback and bug hunting! Here are the most important fixes/changes: Teleport Exp…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 23, 2019
Chapter 3 Launch Day

The wait is finally over! Chapter 3 will be out on June 24th at 8PM PST (midnight EST). Get ready to run for your life from dread duckies & clown gremlins! As usual, we will continue to improve the chapter even after release based on feedba…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 27, 2019
Chapter 3 Release Date & New Merch Store

Chapter 3 is nearing completion and I plan to announce a release date over the next 2 weeks as well as launch the coming soon page for Chapter 3. It won't be much longer now! We also have some other DD related big news that we may or may no…

Community AnnouncementsJan 31, 2019
1.4.1 | Startup Crash Fix.

Hey everybody, There's been many reports of the game crashing on startup after the 1.4 update. We've tracked down the issue to the launcher that starts up before the game, it has now been removed. I'd appreciate to hear if this issue has be…

Community AnnouncementsJan 25, 2019
1.4 Update

Hey everyone, We've been hard at work on Dark Deception the past few days. This is a pretty big update, full of bug fixes and quality of life changes and features! The additions: Tablet Map Zoom You can now zoom out the map by pressing M to…

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Community AnnouncementsJan 23, 2019
Chapter 2 Patch 1.3.4

Hey everyone! We've been working very hard to find and fix as many bugs as we can. Fixes Opening the ring altar after beating the Hotel erases save file. Secrets not unlocking in the Extras Menu. Watchers moving while being in camera view. …

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Community AnnouncementsJan 22, 2019
Chapter 2 Patch 1.3.2 | Resume Button

Hey everyone, I'm trying to address the black screen issue after school, as well as the resume button disappearing after beating school and hotel not showing up in the replayable levels list. I pushed a patch that tries to fix all of these.…

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Community AnnouncementsJan 22, 2019
Chapter 2 Patch 1.3.1 | Major bug fixes!

Hey everyone, We would like to apologize for any inconveniences caused by the bugs that came with the new Chapter 2 release. Save Corruption I have tracked down the save corruption bug, it was present in the Hotel level and is now patched. …

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Community AnnouncementsJan 14, 2019
New Release Date & Devlog #4

Hey Everyone! Dark Deception Chapter 2 is only a few days away. The Chapter 2 release was delayed from Jan 4th to make some fixes. We have not announced an official launch date yet, but barring a last minute catastrophe, it should be on Ste…

Community AnnouncementsDec 8, 2018
v1.2 Achievement Update.

Hey everyone, we've released an update for Chapter 1 that adds Achievements and a custom mouse cursor. If you already got S rank for Hotel before this update, the achievement should unlock as soon as you get to the title screen. Please let …

Community AnnouncementsNov 28, 2018
Chapter 2 Release Date & New Devlog

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33629056/815c75d9ba1182c2ce3ff8c6a9399bb86b1e8e1e.jpg Hello everyone! Many have asked about Chapter 2's release date and I've delayed on a response until I had a more accura…

Community AnnouncementsOct 16, 2018
Dark Deception Chapter 2 Release Date

There's a a lot of excitement building up for Chapter 2, which is great :). Nikson and I are hard at work on wrapping it up and making improvements based on feedback from Chapter 1. That said, we are targeting a late November/early December…

Community AnnouncementsOct 15, 2018
Small Chapter 1 Patch!

Hey everyone, we've seen a lot of people complain about the mouse smoothing present in the game. I just pushed a quick patch adding a toggle setting in the options menu, for all of you who want that accuracy and precision :) https://steamcd…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 9, 2018
New Chapter 1 Update! Version 1.1.2

Good news! I've heard the feedback and I understand your concerns that Dark Deception is way too easy ;). Nikson and I have updated the monkeys and their AI to provide a more robust and fair gameplay experience for Chapter 1! Here's what's …

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Community AnnouncementsOct 1, 2018
Over 10,000 Units!

Dark Deception has passed 10k units in 4 days! It's a great start and a big thanks from myself (Vinny) and Nikson to everyone who has given our silly little horror game a try. Keep helping us share the game with other gamers and Youtubers t…

Community AnnouncementsSep 28, 2018
Run or Die. Chapter 1 Update Coming

Good news! We have an update with some bug fixes and improvements incoming. Stay tuned! Here's a list of some of the changes that will be in the update: - Map now has a detector that points to remaining shards and level objectives once the …

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Community AnnouncementsSep 27, 2018
Next Up: Dark Deception Chapter 2

Hello everyone! Let me take a moment to breath a long and weary sigh of relief. Dark Deception is the effort of myself (Vinny)and Nikson (creator of TJOC: Story Mode). As everyone who has been following DD since the original Unity demo (bac…

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