Can I Run The Darkside Detective?
The Darkside Detective is an adventure casual game from Spooky Doorway, released in 2017. Akupara Games published it. It offers a single player campaign. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Its Metacritic score stands at 77. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is localised into 5 languages according to the store listing. With more than 3 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. At 9 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. There are 30 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD (Integrated), GeForce 6 Series/Radeon R7 Series |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 4th Gen i3/1st Gen Ryzen |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series (or better) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an investigation. Play is structured around self contained puzzle rooms. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented through a point and click interface.
Why The Darkside Detective is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by The Darkside Detective. GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series (or better) scores low against the RTX 3060, putting The Darkside Detective within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB. The install is small at roughly 2 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Darkside Detective?
The Darkside Detective is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD (Integrated), GeForce 6 Series/Radeon R7 Series, 4 GB RAM, about 1 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: CPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 5.31x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.99x |
| 4K | Runs well | 1.33x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
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Can my PC run The Darkside Detective?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Darkside Detective?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series; GPU: Intel HD (Integrated), GeForce 6 Series/Radeon R7 Series; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does The Darkside Detective need?
The Darkside Detective needs about 1 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for The Darkside Detective?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Darkside Detective is the CPU.