The Dark Eye: Memoria
The Dark Eye: Memoria
Game
Game2012
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Developer Daedalic Entertainment
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav (German: Das Schwarze Auge: Satinavs Ketten) is a 2012 graphic adventure game developed by the German studio Daedalic Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. Part of The Dark Eye series, the game is set in the fictional place of Aventuria within the Kingdom of Andergast. The player controls the protagonist, Geron, who tries to save the town from disaster. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
265 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
142 positive · 19 negative
95% range 82–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 142 | 19 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 19 | 4 | 73 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
917 of 1,079 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 162 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 182 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (2,228 of 2,563 positive).
Players praise the game's beautiful hand-drawn art and atmospheric storybook quality. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the puzzles occasionally illogical or frustrating. [4][5][6] Many recommend the game for fans of traditional point-and-click adventures. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
Way too easy to soft lock the game by using items in a wrong order. (I got soft locked by using the leather strap on the walking stick after making the sealed shell with water.) Screw that.
- [1]
Beautiful old school adventure game by Daedalic, originally released in 2012, it's been patched and runs perfectly under win 11 and 3840x2160 screen res The story is engaging, especially if you like fantasy, imagine a taste of Lord of the Rings with a sprinkle of Game of Thrones brutality well designed characters and the hand-drawn scenes make this great entertainment
- [4]
A beautifully gloomy fairy‑tale adventure that occasionally forgets how puzzles are supposed to work. Chains of Satinav feels like wandering through a hand‑painted storybook where every page whispers a little bit of doom. The atmosphere is fantastic, the art is gorgeous and the story kept me invested even when a few puzzles made me stare at my screen like I’d just been personally betrayed. Not flawless, but …
- [9]
A classic point-and-click from the heyday of Daedalic that plays great to this day. A good adventure game doesn't just throw a bunch of puzzles at you but makes you feel attached to its world and its characters, and the team behind Chains of Satinav has without a doubt excelled at the storytelling here. The adventures of Geron, who begins the game with his face literally stuck in the mud, aren't the light-hearted …
- [2]
It may not be experimental or technically groundbreaking, but its small, memorable moments give it the polish of a genre classic. With fair puzzles, a richly detailed world, gorgeous backdrops, and a calm rhythm, it feels like an RPG's world brought into a point-and-click adventure — simple, but gracefully crafted.
Summarised from 34 of the 269 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
89% of the 182 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav. The complaint that keeps coming up: some puzzles rely on moon logic or are unintuitive. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav received "generally positive" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 265 · most liked firstOne of my favourite pieces of music in a game bursting with memorable, atmospheric compositions by Guido Henkel. Third game in the first trilogy of adaptations in the 90s of Germany's Das Schwartze Auge (The Dark Eye) TTRPG and 'Adventuria' campaign setting. 📺: Shadows Over Riva, 1996 (DOS)
neutral · AI labelView post →Alrico Fulrani of Taladur: commission for a patron He's a proud mage played in a game of The Dark Eye (Das Schwarze Auge) #art #ttrpg #digitalart #artistsupport #fantasy
neutral · AI labelView post →This game was originally released in Scandinavian countries in Danish. A full English version was produced but never released. Until now this was considered lost media. If you're a sicko who loves The Dark Eye, Cosmology of Kyoto, and Gadget this is a game you can really sink your teeth into.
positive · AI labelView post →It's a bit rough around the edges, but the Rascal Radio Hour is officially live! The who team chats World of Game Design, The Dark Eye, MTG changes and more! I'm wearing the production hat, which I think shows in the final product. Good news: I will only suck less at this as time goes on.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm downloading a pack of what might be every Windows 3.x game, including The Dark Eye, all set up to run in DOSBox. I've been wanting to try that game for ages.
neutral · AI labelView post →Done for the adventure “The Curse of Ash’Grabal” for The Dark Eye ttrpg. These serve as game-ready characters to choose from, each coming with a unique backstory, so players can jump right into the game. #dasschwarzeauge #thedarkeye #ttrpg #characterillustration #fantasyart
neutral · AI labelView post →Beautiful old school adventure game by Daedalic, originally released in 2012, it's been patched and runs perfectly under win 11 and 3840x2160 screen res The story is engaging, especially if you like fantasy, imagine a taste of Lord of the Rings with a sprinkle of Game of Thrones brutality well designed characters and the hand-drawn scenes make this great entertainment
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Dark Eye is a claymation adventure game based on a handful of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. yeah. it's fucked up and gorgeous and incredibly dark, macabre and well done. the nailed the vibe. if you wanna feel fucking weird, this is your game. it's my game for sure
positive · AI labelView post →I never thought in a hundred years this game would come out on Steam. Not sure why they changed the title from "The Dark Eye" to "Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror 1995 Edition" (rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it?) but this will still be worth getting store.steampowered.com/app/4289030/...
positive · AI labelView post →It may not be experimental or technically groundbreaking, but its small, memorable moments give it the polish of a genre classic. With fair puzzles, a richly detailed world, gorgeous backdrops, and a calm rhythm, it feels like an RPG's world brought into a point-and-click adventure — simple, but gracefully crafted.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav adventure game from Daedalic added Linux / Steam Deck support #AdventureGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS
neutral · AI labelView post →More folks should check out The Dark Eye, an adventure game from 1995. The game uses stop motion animation to tell stories by Edgar Allen Poe and features narration by William S Burroughs. Playable in ScummVM too!
positive · AI labelView post →While filling out this survey I noticed this isn't how I run games at all. Or how I experience playing ttrpgs. Each of my games and tables works very differently from a playstyle point of view. Do people run all their games the same usually? Like realism vs drama, that is a system and table question, not a how do you run your games in general question. If you run a Masks game with the same level of realism and drama as you run The Dark Eye, at least one of your games will feel off imo. The…
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife said if this review gets 50 likes and 5 awards, she will buy a case of beer, guys help me out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →sharing a cool game every day until I can talk about mine: a 1995 cult classic, The Dark Eye adapts Edgar Allan Poe's stories with uncanny stop-motion puppetry
neutral · AI labelView post →“While it still has bugs that should have long been put to rest, a surreal cult classic reawakens evermore in this re-release of The Dark Eye”- Sam Amiotte-Beaulieu reviews Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror for AGH adventuregamehotspot.com/review/6045/... #adventuregame #IndieGame
neutral · AI labelView post →TTRPGs I want to run in 2025 First time: Whitehack, Fabula Ultima, Ryuutama, Tagmar, The Dark Eye, D&D 4e, Break!! (still want to punch the authors, thou) Return to: The dead Spanish Adventure Time game, some YZE stuff, ptbas that don't suck Keep running: Pf2e, BtW, my mad BX based experiments
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Eye actually was good design, the game that came closest to doing the whole simulationism thing. But it never got the appreciation it deserves and now it kinda doesn't deserve it anymore.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1995 video game adaption of Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and Berenice -The Dark Eye- is apparently getting a remaster! Already wishlisted: store.steampowered.com/app/4289030/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Way too easy to soft lock the game by using items in a wrong order. (I got soft locked by using the leather strap on the walking stick after making the sealed shell with water.) Screw that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 90s were wild. I had this PC game, The Dark Eye. You wandered around unlocking pieces of Edgar Allan Poe read by William S Burroughs. I think the game was glitchy and I never had any idea if there was an end or a goal. Wish I could play that again.
neutral · AI labelView post →I would be more concerned if Proton wasn't miles better than literally any version of Windows. How is it I can run a Windows 95 game like The Dark Eye with better compatibility than Windows 95???
positive · AI labelView post →The Dark Eye - HI KIDS! Ever wanna play an eerie horror game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe populated by weird claymation puppets and narrated at points by every young person's favorite uxoricidal writer William S. Burroughs? Wait, why are you walking away? This thing's legitimately good!
positive · AI labelView post →Graphics, audio and general story are ok (esp. if you know thr RPG). But: Most puzzles are boring, with lots of running back and forth. Also, solutions are often unrealistic - trial and error sometimes works better than logical thinking. Buy it for a story in the world of The Dark Eye, but don't buy it if you are looking for a good point-and-click adventure.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not to mention, if there is an original non-english audio track, I prefer to use that + subs. Example game: Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye): River of Time. The english version of that game SUCKS. And don't get me started on a lot of jRPGs...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just couldn't get into it. Even after drinking so much Jim Beam, Still didn't enjoy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are components to the game that I find difficult to downvote if for no other reason then because people have put in work on them. It's not disjointed, it's not amateurish in the pure craft sense, people who did the technical parts of making this game knew their craft and do deserve to be paid and acknowledged for it. Occasionally the puzzles themselves were well done, and the dialogue system did show some courage in exploring how dialogues in point-and-clickers can be more than a sheet of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice. The Dark Eye Chains of Satinav 5/10 Heisen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did start in 2013/2014 and my first game was the Dark Eye 5th Edition Beta! However if you want to know the real truth, it was a hack of all of the Dark Eye Editions combined from memory on a week long school trip that a friend had crafted to get us all to start playing... safe to say.. it worked
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is free on GOG www.gog.com/en/game/the_...
neutral · AI labelView post →Suddenly of a mind to watch this version of Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of the Red Death, read by William S. Burroughs, from the 1995 game The Dark Eye youtu.be/FRZYQsOCLic?...
neutral · AI labelView post →As some others have said. It's not a BAD game, but it's also not all that good; it's just a bit sh$% in some regards. I feel like I could perhaps best explain the issue through this: Supposedly there is a romance in this story? It is forced, undeveloped, shallow at best, and used purely to fuel plot without anyone really having their heart in it (developers included). Sure, the game has some puzzles to pass the time with, and the general premise of the story is alright, but they just couldn't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantasy Fridays: The Dark Eye I am concluding Walpurgis Week with the perfect game for both Walpurgis Week and Fantasy Fridays, Germany's own The Dark Eye. theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/05/fant...
neutral · AI labelView post →Did anybody else ever play The Dark Eye, the Edgar Allen Poe pc game that featured William S. Burroughs reading some of his poems?
neutral · AI labelView post →I am usually not a big fan of quests (point and click adventures), but I liked this one so much that I immidiately bought The Dark Eye: Memoria. The atmosphere, graphics and plot are amazing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Dark Eye (in general) - You want a fantasy world with wizards, demons, and gods - You want all of those to be strictly above your character's pay grade - You regularly buy the publisher's fake in-world newspaper to keep up with the events of a decades-long play-by-mail campaign that defines the hyper-detailed canon lore for part of the game world - You have opinions on this play-by-mail campaign despite never even having met any of its players The Dark Eye (3rd edition) - You like…
neutral · AI labelView post →DND is nothing, if you've ever played Das Schwarze Auge (DSA, I think they tried to sell it as The Dark Eye in English). It used to be the most played tabletop game in Germany for ages, it still might be. You definitely use the mechanics but the mechanical complexity during creation is just crazy
neutral · AI labelView post →adventuregamehotspot.com/review/6045/... My review is up on @aghotspot.bsky.social for the re-release of The Dark Eye! Is this a worthy resurrection, or is this a title that should have remained entombed beneath the floorboards? 🫀
neutral · AI labelView post →watched a video essay about an old abandonware game called The Dark Eye, which adapted Poe's works in a really incredible way, and told a story of its own as well and tbh? It made me really wanna read Poe's works. Like *actually* read them.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is scarily true. First experience playing a TTRPG was "The Dark Eye" (a very crunchy, German game) in the 90s and it was basically a big "Yike". Would never recommend to start with! I'd probably suggest "Into the Odd", pbta or Mutant Year Zero engine games (Dragonbane f.e) as recommendation.
negative · AI labelView post →According to this it’s a German game called The Dark Eye diceofdragons.com/blogs/dice/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨 FREE GAME ALERT Grab a free copy of The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav via GOG DRM Free for a limited time for Windows or on Linux. www.gog.com/en/game/the_... Lutris: lutris.net/games/the-da... Wine: appdb.winehq.org/objectManage... #games #gaming #free #DRMFree #windows #linux
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a very special thing: The Dark Eye. Video game re-telling of 3 Edgar Allan Poe stories, each played once as the victim and once as the murderer? Oh, and it's all stop motion puppets. Weird? Yes! Also unique. No "puzzles" as such, more figuring out where to go and what to click to proceed.
positive · AI labelView post →I've tried a few now, and this is the first game developed by Daedalic Entertainment that I managed to get any way into, but they fundamentally make bad, boring, annoying, problematic games. Their characters are, way more often than not, infuriating. Their protagonists usually come across as bumbling idiots and, be it due to their ineptitude or core values, the story will inevitably involve them taking advantage of and manipulating others. To me, this constitutes being forced to play an evil…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly low-fantasy story in the pen & paper role-playing world of The Dark Eye setting. The Dark Eye is a high-fantasy tabletop game from Germany and is very similar to Dungeons & Dragons. It seems there are at least 15 games on Steam in that setting, most of which are kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥, but the best ones among them are the duology: "Chains of Satinav" and the sequel "Memoria". "Chains of Satinav" is MUCH more enjoyable than the previous Daedalic Entertainment game "The Whispered World"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduce yourself with 1 TTRPG, 1 book, 1 board game, 1 movie and 1 TV show 🎲 The Dark Eye 📖 Red Dwarf (omnibus) ♟️ Mice and Mystics 🎬 Princess Mononoke 📺 Sherlock Holmes (old series with Jeremy Brett)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a bittersweet video game in more than just its ending. It does some things decently well and other less so, chief among the latter being its voice acting. I imagine this was not a title that was granted an exorbitant budget and so they did what they could with its smaller team, especially those that voice acted the characters. It is perhaps the weakest part of the game, where every voice actor lands between dull in tone or coming across as though they are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We didn't finish The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav last night, but it's a beautiful game so I'm not complaining! I appreciate the raids from Ashli_Gator @imalittletpat.bsky.social @tawejea.bsky.social & @misswillowfaye.bsky.social--Thank you so much! 💜 We start Alan Wake 2 on PS5 tomorrow night!! 😱✍️
positive · AI labelView post →First playthrough review time. This game is a traditional adventure where you move through different screens to progress. The art is very detailed and makes every area look unique, which helps the world come across as a real place. Most of the tasks are based on logic, but some solutions are so strange that they do not seem practical even after you finish them. The gameplay includes a few special scenes where the clicking actions are tied directly to the story events. There are also two…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Friday the 13th two months in a row?!? Well, I have the perfect oldie but goodie. Check out my review for Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition (AKA The Dark Eye). #Review #GameReview #pointandclick #horror @playpoe95.bsky.social #TheDarkEye witchsreviewcorner.com/2026/03/11/e...
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately going to have to put further playing of The Dark Eye on hold Tried to catch up off stream and game kept crashing randomly, and trying to use save states also caused the program to shut down Will wait for the rerelease later this year to see if it's more stable
negative · AI labelView post →It is time! We're journeying back to 1995 so that we can check out The Dark Eye, a point and click horror game featuring adaptations of tales from Edgar Allan Poe! Come on in for fun and frights! www.twitch.tv/samhainvt
neutral · AI labelView post →Its kinda hard to recommend this game, not because its too hard or too easy, but because it felt like it didnt stand out much. Best part of Chains of Satinav is probably the gameplay, since it has very few, if any moon logic moments in its item puzzles(although it lacks in regular puzzles, if you like those in your adventure games). Unique feature of this game is repair/break button, but its not used that often or that creatively. The story is alright, but felt a bit, generic? Standard?…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →… what if I ran a game of The Dark Eye over Roll20? haha jk, jk … unless…?
neutral · AI labelView post →The first thing I made public was a Fiasco playset. So it got me to design, there was a clear structure. I had to put ideas into words to make them playable in a gm less game, so without me running an adventure. The Dark Eye was where I made it into a career for a while.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh my god The Dark Eye gave me NIGHTMARES as a kid. I can't believe someone else remembers this game! Every time I bring it up people insist it doesn't exist and that I have a radon leak in my house
negative · AI labelView post →I recommend this game on a big sale, but not for full price. I've played this game twice once in 2016, replayed again and I only ran into one bug towards the end. I had to Alt+F4 out of the game but loaded back right to where I closed out. That was the only bug I had encountered during both playthroughs. This game is kind of a rough start to this two part series, depending on what type of games and storylines you like, this one isn't bad at all. I really liked the story and I dove right in.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't exactly recall the year, but has to be around 2000. The game was The Dark Eye, Germany's bestselling TTRPG and basically Spreadsheet: the TTRPG. Glad it got me into the hobby, but also glad I didn't stick to that specific game ;D
neutral · AI labelView post →🎄 Merry Christmas, #TTRPGCommunity! 🎄 Here's mine: 🌟 writing about stuff 🎲 either Fallout 4 (video game) or The Dark Eye (ttrpg) 💌 I smile at almost every text message by friends I get, so all of these :3 #TTRPG #CommunityBuilding
neutral · AI labelView post →kinda meh, but I guess I'd still recommend it compared to not recommending it the option to highlight interactions really helps a lot if you're stuck, and you can just use the mouse wheel to move through the inventory you could also turn it off if you don't want it
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