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The Heart of Darkness

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3.4/5

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3.4

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The Heart of Darkness
Description
"Oh, Cursed Saintess, will your soul find the light, or will you forever be lost in the darkness?" A terrible curse blankets the kingdom in shadows, thrusting it into utter despair and erasing all light. One day, a maiden appears from the north and chases away the darkness, reintroducing ligh...
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3.4/5

( 8 Reviews )

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2022, BigWednesday, ...
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Windows® 7/8/8.1/10, Intel Core2 Duo or better, 4 GB RAM, DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU, Version...
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"Oh, Cursed Saintess, will your soul find the light, or will you forever be lost in the darkness?"

A terrible curse blankets the kingdom in shadows, thrusting it into utter despair and erasing all light. One day, a maiden appears from the north and chases away the darkness, reintroducing light across the land. However, after taking in all the shadows, the maiden is consumed by evil, allowing it to flood out of her body. In a final attempt to seal that which escaped, the maiden locks herself away.

The king, driven by fear, demands the death of the maiden to save his kingdom. Many warriors journey forth in an attempt to slay the maiden, but the darkness curses all who dare to encroach, creating an even greater evil that consumes the kingdom. Take up arms as the next brave warrior to save the land and expel the shadows!


Choose between one of five origins: the lives of people who fell just short of becoming heroes, all with different skills and abilities. Inherit one of their bodies as your own and begin your heroic journey. The Heart of Darkness has multiple endings depending on the origin you choose and the decisions you make throughout your adventure.

Enjoy quick turn-based battles where strategy and choice of allies are key! Find Shadow Souls—the spirits of warriors past—and enlist their aid in battle! Each has its own unique backstory and abilities and can be swapped out freely.

Throughout your adventure, meet both friends and foes also exploring the Sanctuary. Take on quests to lay low powerful beasts or track down family heirlooms for fallen noble houses. Manage the Doll's Repose, your base of operations where you can learn more about the world, craft new equipment, and expand the mansion to contain new facilities!

Unravel the mysteries shrouding the Sanctuary of Darkness and its inhabitants in this sinister RPG brought to you by Kagura Games and BigWednesday.







Dark Fantasy Story
The Kingdom of Haillard is one of humanity's most remote frontiers, and many adventurers go mad trying to brave the dangers of the Sanctuary. What will your fate be?

Multiple Classes
Choose a class that suits your playstyle, influencing both the way you experience combat as well as how your story will play out.

Several Shadow Soul Allies
Find souls of heroes past and recruit them to aid you on your quest, leveling them as you see fit.

Quick Strategic Combat
Make use of both your own abilities and those of the Shadow Souls, and use status effects to your advantage in battle.

Large Cast of Characters
From noble hunters to cowardly looters, meet several colorful characters while exploring the Sanctuary and see how their stories unfold.

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Release date:
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Size:
359 MB

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Posted on: September 14, 2022

ERISS

Verified owner

Games: 3116 Reviews: 207

the Sanctuary of Broken Heart

All is lovely, save the game itself: You go deeper and deeper in the sanctuary, and it's more and more boring, going lost and everywhere. It's one wiki game, where you have to spoil the game. You actually bring darkness on my heart, you could have been so lovely.


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Posted on: May 9, 2022

HojoRaver

Verified owner

Games: 398 Reviews: 62

Great!

Having lots of fun so far. Obviously Souls inspired. Great art (pixels or otherwise), multiple character classes to choose from, as well as several party member. A little side note. In the game overview, after purchasing, theres a description for "Heart of Darkness". The Playstation one Eric Chahi game.


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Posted on: July 29, 2023

Murphyx2

Verified owner

Games: 186 Reviews: 3

Kind of a surprise

The game mechanic is simple, It's an RPG, Turn base, Kind of soul game. You can select from a couple of classes and after that, the adventure begins. The art style and tone of the game are very pleasant, but I'm talking about the environment not what's happening or the story. The music is good and the characters seem to be well written so far. The RPG elements I haven't had the time to spot all the details, but It does require you to think about your move before making them. Hentai scenes are good and you have a gallery to check them out later. I recommended it, I think you would have a good time with it, if not, check for gameplay footages.


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Posted on: July 3, 2025

ShadowySilver

Games: 555 Reviews: 74

Average Good Game

It's a dungeon crawler over 8 levels, each on a different setting. While the story is simple, it's a good one. Most of the NPC do have some backstory albeit kind of short. The mechanics are standard, except maybe for the leveling based on the currency. Good side is that you can decide how and who is leveling, bad side the beginning is harder since you need to farm it. There are no real downer, but several unnerving things though. First and foremost, you can only save at one place, hence a lot of back and forth. While there's a lot of informative help, there's nothing telling you where to level your characters (yours is with Alma and your allies in the soul room when their statue are active). Also, in a lesser way, some levels are kind of maze like and with no map you might get lost. H side is very present and nice, but nothing out of the ordinary. There is some end-game content but the access is kind of weird, so you should find yourself a walkthrough. In and all it's a nice game to play but nothing to be remembered either.


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Posted on: September 7, 2025

dh-thomahawk

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Games: 133 Reviews: 7

Very enjoyable and requires effort.

Interesting storyline with a high difficulty curve. Don't expect to have your hand held or get let off easy. The H Content is actualy fairly good but it isn't the primary reason to play the game


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