The Darkest Tales: Into the Nightmare

Developer: Trinity Team

Publisher: 101XP

Oct 14, 2021

Visual

2.5D
side scroll

Structure

exploration
boss gated
discrete levels
linear

Combat

action
combo combat
contact damage

Features

difficulty options
equipment
skill tree

Themes

fantasy
gothic

Sub-Genre

RPG
MV Lite / Adjacent

Summary

When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.

Last updated September 28, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Steam
- GOG

Resources

Links

IGDB

The Darkest Tales

Developer: Trinity Team

Publisher: 101XP

2022

71%

Mostly Positive

934 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- equipment
- fantasy
- skill tree
- discrete levels
- Differences
- Has DLC
- ability gated
- hand drawn
- fast travel
- leveling
- Semi-Linear
- no map
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MV Temperature
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- boss gated
- action
- contact damage
- difficulty options
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Demo Available
- hand drawn
- Ranged Combat
- cat
- Sci-Fi
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- side scroll
- action
- combo combat
- fantasy
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Ranged Combat
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Publisher: Freedom Games

2023

77%

Mostly Positive

3,380 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- boss gated
- combo combat
- contact damage
- equipment
- fantasy
- discrete levels
- linear
- Differences
- ability gated
- pixel
- fast travel
- companion combat
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Publisher: O.T.K Games, SakuraGame, Thermite Games

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90%

Very Positive

8,687 reviews

MV Temperature
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- side scroll
- action
- combo combat
- difficulty options
- equipment
- fantasy
- skill tree
- RPG
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Has DLC
- hand drawn
- fast travel
- multiple endings
- Semi-Linear
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Publisher: Eastasiasoft

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- action
- equipment
- fantasy
- RPG
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- item gated
- pixel
- Has Hub
- leveling
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92%

Positive

36 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- Free on Steam
- exploration
- boss gated
- action
- combo combat
- equipment
- fantasy
- skill tree
- RPG
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- ability gated
- interconnected map
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- Semi-Linear
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- 2.5D
- side scroll
- action
- combo combat
- contact damage
- equipment
- fantasy
- gothic
- RPG
- discrete levels
- linear
- Differences
- Has Hub
- story gated
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- leveling
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Publisher: Eastasiasoft, Function Unknown

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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- 2.5D
- side scroll
- action
- difficulty options
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- no combat
- Sci-Fi
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Publisher: Bilibili Game

2021

86%

Very Positive

7,279 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- 2.5D
- side scroll
- boss gated
- combo combat
- difficulty options
- equipment
- skill tree
- RPG
- Differences
- Demo Available
- ability gated
- interconnected map
- fast travel
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- Semi-Linear
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MV Temperature
- Similarities
- side scroll
- difficulty options
- fantasy
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- ability gated
- medieval
- multiple endings
- first person
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2021

92%

Positive

25 reviews

MV Temperature
- Similarities
- exploration
- side scroll
- difficulty options
- discrete levels
- linear
- MV Lite / Adjacent
- Differences
- 8-Bit
- pixel
- multiple characters
- speedrun mode

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