

Dark Arcana: The Carnival 2012
Developed by Artifex Mundi
- Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Mystery
Find the missing woman lost in a mysterious Carnival of Horrors. Investigate two worlds: the one you know and an alternate plane existing behind the Hall of Mirrors. Discover the secret of an ancient being known as the Evil One. Reveal the story of star-crossed lovers and stop the Evil One from breaking its magical chains and invading our world. While traveling through dimensions, you will solve cleverly designed minigames and find hidden objects or play a special minigame as an alternative. Best of all, you will befriend a cute and clever monkey devoted to aiding you on this adventure.
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Resolved, plot-driven, unpretentious and classical in form.
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Artifex Mundi
- Publisher
- Artifex Mundi
- Released
- October 8, 2012
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Time to beat
- 2 h main story
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 11 ratings.
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