Role-playing (RPG)

Through the Darkest of Times

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

3.1

Users · RAWG

2020

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📅 Release Info

Release DateJanuary 30, 2020

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Genres

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyAdventureIndieRPGSimulationEducational

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About this game

Through the Darkest of Times is a strategy game, that let's you play a resistance group in Third Reich Berlin. The game covers the entire time from Hitler's seizure of power 1933 to Germany's unconditional surrender 1945.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Tense, bleak atmosphere depicts life under Nazi rule.
Stark hand-drawn expressionist artwork defines the visual style.
The resistance group's story follows personal struggles and moral choices.
Resistance is portrayed as dangerous, difficult, and morally complicated.
Resource decisions and personal dilemmas involve risk, compromise, and survival.

Cons

Strategy systems remain shallow compared with demanding management or tactics games.
Mission assignments and event resolution repeat throughout the campaign.
Random outcomes and difficulty spikes can undermine careful planning.
Many events and strategic options remain similar across playthroughs.

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