The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Developer Supermassive Games
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me is a 2022 interactive drama and survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the fourth game of The Dark Pictures Anthology. The Devil in Me is set in a modern-day replica of H. H. Holmes's "Murder Castle" on an island in Lake Michigan. The narrative follows a documentary film crew who must survive a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
415 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
51
Mixed
144 positive · 138 negative
95% range 45–57%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 144 | 138 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 24 | 5 | 62 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 1 | 11 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,655 of 2,953 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
51% recommend · 131 yes, 126 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 257 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (3,464 of 6,324 positive).
Some find the game boring with weak characters and a disappointing story. [1][2][3]
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Representative posts
- [11]
It’s honestly unacceptable that a major game from Supermassive Games is still broken at the ending nearly three years after release. The final boat scene bug makes it impossible to complete the story if you pick up a specific item — the pepper spray. Here’s what’s been happening since launch: 🩸 November 19, 2022 – Just one day after release, user MissPoisonIvy reported: “Me and my friend have been on the boat scene …
- [1]
The Devil in Me is a dreadful experience. It commits the worst entertainment sin: it’s just so damn boring. Full of unlikable characters, ♥♥♥♥ writing and bad acting, The Devil in Me is all bark and no bite. This is the worst game I’ve played this year. Steam’s playtime tracker is wrong. It took me 5 hours. 3/10 STARS
- [4]
I may be in the minority with this but for me this is the best Dark Pictures game so far. I liked the story and setting more than the previous ones. I alse experienced no bugs on my end so that probably helped. 9/10 Visitors in Traps
- [5]
Honestly, I don't know why the hell this game has mixed reviews. I genuinely believe that "The Devil in Me" is the best in the whole franchise "The Dark Pictures". I love characters, their style and their relationships. there are a few more mechanics in "The Devil in Me" like characters inventory and sort of hide and seek. I am convinced that this part of the franchise has the most cool plot and ending. I would love …
- [6]
Best in the Dark Pictures series. I don't understand the mixed reviews. Aside from a slow start, I loved this game. Characters, setting and plot were all great. Some of the new mechanics with the inventory and exploring the environment were unnecessary. Spent a little too much time meandering around. Solid 8/10
Summarised from 34 of the 371 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
51% of the 257 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me. The complaint that keeps coming up: boring story with unlikable characters. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Devil in Me received "mixed or average" reception for Windows and PlayStation 5, and "generally favourable" reception for Xbox Series X, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic, while 55% of critics recommended the game according to OpenCritic. Critics appreciated the Murder Castle setting and the true crime documentary premise. Cass Marshall of Polygon praised the game's exploration of modern true crime obsession, describing the premise of a copycat killer exploiting this reverence as "genuinely creepy". Multiple critics cited the environmental traps and praised the game's ability to generate tension, and drew favourable comparisons to the Saw films. The layout and an…
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Reactions
60 of 415 · most liked firstIt’s honestly unacceptable that a major game from Supermassive Games is still broken at the ending nearly three years after release. The final boat scene bug makes it impossible to complete the story if you pick up a specific item — the pepper spray. Here’s what’s been happening since launch: 🩸 November 19, 2022 – Just one day after release, user MissPoisonIvy reported: “Me and my friend have been on the boat scene now for over 1 hour… after I escape getting spiked by the axe, press…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished The Quarry! I had played most of The Dark Pictures Anthology games and wasn't a big fan at all, but this finally feels like a return to what Until Dawn was. It's a teen supernatural slasher game with a great cast and a solid story! I also managed to keep everyone alive 🫡🫡 Super fun!
neutral · AI labelView post →I have played every entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology, and The Devil in Me is, unfortunately, the weakest and most frustrating one so far. The issue isn’t even the story — I didn’t get the chance to fully engage with it. The game’s technical state makes that almost impossible. Clunky and unresponsive controls, an overwhelming number of bugs, and genuinely awful textures constantly pull you out of the experience. Instead of building tension and atmosphere, the game forces you to fight against…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Supermassive Games [Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, The Quarry ] announces layoffs, up to 75 workers may be affected.
neutral · AI labelView post →*THE* JASON GRAVES wrote me a letter of rec as a top performer in his video game music composition class! I’ve been a longtime fan of The Dark Pictures Anthology games, Until Dawn, and Tomb Raider — having him be my #vgm mentor & earning his praise means SO much! #composer #music #gaming #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Also included are Alien: Isolation, Dead Island Definitive Edition, Outlast 2, and more.
neutral · AI labelView post →Buggy piece of sh**. Even in coop mode is nearly unplayable. Story idea is quite good, but realization is catastrophic with so many plot holes that im suprised that this pass any QA tests. Don't buy this, try older games from Dark Pictures
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I may be in the minority with this but for me this is the best Dark Pictures game so far. I liked the story and setting more than the previous ones. I alse experienced no bugs on my end so that probably helped. 9/10 Visitors in Traps
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Devil in Me forgets what people like about The Dark Pictures Anthology. This is the second time I've played this game, so I have pretty well made up my mind about it. My best friend wanted to play this game with me, as we made the decision to play the whole Anthology together with him making all the choices as I've already played them on console. After really enjoying Man of Medan and House of Ashes, and despite the slight stumble that was Little Hope, we still really enjoyed the Anthology…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore the negative reviews—I didn’t run into any bugs at all. This is an incredible interactive movie with lots of different variations. The story might feel a bit B-movie, but the game keeps you hooked and intrigued from start to finish. An amazing experience that I’d recommend everyone try. 9/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time-loop mechanics, Trico's AI in The Last Guardian, the whole gameplay of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the Nemesis System in Shadow of War, Disco Elysium... all of it, the co-op gameplay in the Dark Pictures Anthology games, the Alien's AI in Isolation... the list goes on. Stop being a doomer.
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dark Pictures: Little Hope arrives on Switch just in time for Halloween. Supermassive Games' second instalment of the Dark Pictures Anthology, Little Hope, is coming to Nintendo Switch on 5th October 2023. It follows Supermassive Games' efforts to bring the first The Dark Pictures Anthology title, Man of Medan, to Switch earlier this year, marking the second game of the horror series to come to Nintendo's console. [YouTube Video](https://youtu.be/AzffNATXXt4)
neutral · AI labelView post →Overall a weak end to the first season of Dark Pictures. There was a lot of potential but it was all wasted. Co-op is a buggy mess and you're separated a lot. Characters are decent. And the new graphics, lighting, and gameplay traversal is nice. To start the killer is just a guy chasing you and you never really find out more about him outside of some notes . There were also hints that he was turning his victims into mannequins that could only speak through their microphones which would have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Directive 8020, the next game from Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games, is going to space 👌 Story trailer:
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't understand what everyone is hating about this game, I'm a bit late to the "dark pictures anthology" games and started them earlier this week. I've enjoyed them all a lot, including this one. I didn't see anything bad about it, very on par with the others. Definitely worth a play :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite all the negative reviews saying this game is unplayable or completely broken, that wasn't my experience. Yes, there were some bugs and glitches here and there, as with all dark pictures games.. But nothing serious enough to ruin the game or stop progression. Overall, it played fine for me (co-op with friend) The story was pretty good and interesting from start to finish. I think some of the criticism is exaggerated. If you like cinematic horror games, this game is still worth playing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game #30 of 2026 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope This was an experience.. one I was thoroughly enjoying, until a certain point hit. A bit too tropey for me, I'd give it a 6/10 at best. I hope House of Ashes is better.
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, I don't know why the hell this game has mixed reviews. I genuinely believe that "The Devil in Me" is the best in the whole franchise "The Dark Pictures". I love characters, their style and their relationships. there are a few more mechanics in "The Devil in Me" like characters inventory and sort of hide and seek. I am convinced that this part of the franchise has the most cool plot and ending. I would love to see some more thoughtful games like this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Thats Fkg Good ☐ Good ☑ Normal ☐ Meh ☐ Bad ☐ Get The Money Back ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You Forget What Reality is ☐ Work of Art ☐ Beautiful ☑ Normal ☐ Bad ☐ Pixels ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Beethoven ☐ Very Good ☑ Good ☐ Its Ok ☐ Bad ☐ I'm Now Deaf ---{ Scary }--- ☐ I Closed The Game and Uninstalled It ☐ Had To Turn On The Lights ☐ Why Am I Sweating Like This? ☐ Felt Some Chills ☑ Forgot It Was Horror ☐ My Grandma Tells Scarier Stories ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Dark Souls ☐ Hard ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the worst game in the anthology hands down. Most of the decisions you make have outcomes that don't make sense unless you look up the outcome ahead of time. There is no way to rationalize an outcome with zero hints or clues. The oxygen room is a perfect example. One person can be saved in one route and the other is a guaranteed death. If you pick one scenario they both live, and you don't get any clues as to why you should pick one way or another until you make the decision. Boring…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Devil in Me is a dreadful experience. It commits the worst entertainment sin: it’s just so damn boring. Full of unlikable characters, ♥♥♥♥ writing and bad acting, The Devil in Me is all bark and no bite. This is the worst game I’ve played this year. Steam’s playtime tracker is wrong. It took me 5 hours. 3/10 STARS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to come here and say, with my whole chest, that The Devil in Me is the best game in the Dark Pictures Anthology because I'm too scared to say it in the subreddit.
positive · AI labelView post →Supermassive Games has announced plans to lay off up to 75 staff. The Dark Pictures Anthology and Until Dawn studio says the cuts are necessary "to help ensure the sustainability of the company". www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dark-pi...
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't easily vote down a game, but Supermassive made it possible. Very Disappointing I had big hopes for The Devil in Me, but honestly, it ended up being an even bigger disappointment than Man of Medan. For me, House of Ashes is still the best one from The Dark Pictures Anthology. My Thoughts I became a big fan of Supermassive Games after playing Until Dawn. Even though The Devil in Me is not a bad game, it is just disappointing. The concept around the Murder Castle is actually really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8020 has the best tension and intrigue of the bunch, at least until a poor final chapter, and the characters felt layered in meaningful ways. Also it's the day after and I'm still thinking about the game which is a massive W for The Dark Pictures Anthology (shocked this series is still going)
positive · AI labelView post →Best in the Dark Pictures series. I don't understand the mixed reviews. Aside from a slow start, I loved this game. Characters, setting and plot were all great. Some of the new mechanics with the inventory and exploring the environment were unnecessary. Spent a little too much time meandering around. Solid 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh Supermassive... will you ever manage to find the magic from Until Dawn (or is it perhaps that, Until Dawn was lightning in a bottle and only really worked because it was "the first" of it's kind). It's alright, probably the second best of the first 4 Dark Pictures games, but it's not exactly good. it still goes Until Dawn, The Quarry, House of Ashes and then a huge drop to the rest of their games. This time they go back to the roots and go for pure slasher, and while it kind of works as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hit a progression blocking bug in the 1st hour of co-op and multiple graphical bugs before that. Refunded because I don't want another bug blocking progression later on. Played all the other Supermassive Games and had fun, disappointed with this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every game in the Dark Pictures Anthology would be improved by having one skeptical dialogue option that just goes, "What is this, some kind of anthology of dark pictures?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023's shortlist. * BEST ACTION AND ADVENTURE GAME * Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun * Out of the Bit Ltd: Full Void * Pentakill Studios: The Occultist * Rain Games: Teslagrad 2 * Sloclap: SiFU * Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon: Call of the Mountain * Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök * Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me * The…
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately, this is the most boring and probably the weakest game in the series. The story barely progresses, very little actually happens, and I constantly felt like my choices (the few that were offered) didn’t really make any difference. As the latest entry in the series, it’s disappointing that the movement mechanics feel even worse than in previous parts. Navigating through the many tight corridors with mouse and keyboard is especially frustrating and tedious. On top of that, €40 for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game makes it impossible to root for the obnoxious video crew nor the lame killer so i had to find a third way, my champion : The dog. Thank you buddy for saving this incoherent mess from a very salty and negative review.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Casual playthrough ~9 hours No spoilers in this review! [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45534557/]@MatureContent This episode reminded me a bit of Saw the video game, both in the goods and the bads. The Devil in Me is by far the scariest one of the episodes so far and it actually got me jumping in my seat a few times. It is also a lot harder to keep people alive, at least more so than it was in the other games. Many deaths felt unavoidable and I do like that, since I felt it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game with the same mate I played the previous three titles with and I have to say this one really took away a lot of our fun in many moments. We only played through it to finish it but we won’t touch it again. It was about a year ago when we played it so sorry if I forget something. The game didn’t deliver the character development or the complete story as it should have. It felt like we as players just got the prologue thrown at us and within five minutes we were already in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My 72nd completed ✔️ game of 2025. #TheQuarry was another interesting survey the night game that always piques my interest. Some great additions to the cast made it pretty exciting as well. Check it out if you like Until Dawn or The Dark Pictures Anthology games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man of Medan was an excellent game and I'm excited to play the rest of The Dark Pictures Anthology games
positive · AI labelView post →Your PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October includes: ➕ Gotham Knights ➕ Disco Elysium: The Final Cut ➕ The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes ➕ Alien: Isolation … and many more. The full lineup: play.st/3ZPUSSA
neutral · AI labelView post →My October Horror Game Rotation: The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Martha is Dead The Quarry Resident Evil 6
neutral · AI labelView post →I can only recommend this game if you really liked playing the other Dark Pictures Games. This had the bones to be the best so far, but it just wasn't. I'd only really pick this up on a very steep discount. At it's core, it's a perfectly competent game, but parts of it are so painfully bland or average, that the negative parts really do drag it down. The characters have the opportunity to be good. But the game never takes the next step into actually making them interesting. Anything that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the story but the gameplay and optimization is ass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bruh, yes, I know exactly what you mean. I'm actually getting ready to replay D:BH again because the last time I played was about 1.5+ years ago, and I think I've finally forgotten all my decisions. My husband said I got one of the best endings he's ever seen someone get, and I really didn't want to be tempted to answer everything the same. There's SO MANY ways that game can go/end, and I want to explore them all! I made the mistake of playing Until Dawn first, then D:BH, and *then* I…
neutral · AI labelView post →Directive 8020 is shaking up the Dark Pictures Anthology with new survival elements and an awesome Rewind feature, and at Summer Game Fest, we confirmed that it will be optimized for the #SteamDeck: steamdeckhq.com/directive-80...
neutral · AI labelView post →This Saturday at 8pm BST / 3pm EST, @thathappylab.bsky.social and I will be playing the next game in the Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hope Come join me & the QTE Puppy for some more silly horror fun as we try not to get everyone killed! www.twitch.tv/JakeyStinker... #abdl #babyfur #diaperfur
neutral · AI labelView post →Fearzine previewed Directive 8020, the latest chapter in @SuperMGames latest horrific entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology. Is it a promising descent into a xenomorphic hell? Or are the cracks starting to show in the series' formula? Watch to Find Out 👇🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2jz...
neutral · AI labelView post →The poorest of the dark pictures games. Hopefully the next one is better
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →worst of the anthology games, not even worth it for 6 bucks House of ashes is the only one worth playing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not bad, at all. I do not understand why people do not like this game. I mean, I do not think this game deserves to be rated as "mixed" I know some teen slasher cliches were sometimes tiring(?) but still... if you enjoy choices matter games, then I am quite sure you're going to like this game. I certainly enjoyed playing it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No DS4 support - seemingly no controller support at all or only in a broken state at least, since I bought the game. Controller icons are constantly flickering since mouse/keyboard singals are interfering. as such games are ment to be played with a controller, this is unacceptable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌸 Day 41 🌸 twitch.tv/LunariValkyrie Hmmm what to do today, hmmm...Perhaps we'll actually get some pass grinding in? 🤔 Or maybe we'll start another horror game? We've been so close to hitting the goal for the Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, so I'll definitely play that if we hit it 🥺👉👈
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, despite the bad reviews I had a good time, I managed to save everyone (even the dog) without any real trouble; I only had to replay one scene. It's a good game for those who love slashers, but it could have been better. There are a lot of inconsistencies in the plot... and the prologue, unfortunately, had a negative impact on my expectations... All throughout the game, I thought the current killer was a descendant of Holmes But like everyone else, I think the biggest issue with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Devil in Me was my first entry to the The Dark Pictures Anthology, and the reason why I chose to play the other games. After playing through all of them, ending my gameplay with... well, a replay of TDiM, it is still my favorite, and takes the crown. I am rather surprised to see the mixed reviews on here. Some players seem to desperately cling to the "magic" as well as the essence of Until Dawn. But it is necessary to disregard this game and not draw coomparisions between this game, and a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favourite things about The Dark Pictures Anthology is waiting to see which characters return in the next game(s). It's going to be a sad time when the Anthology comes to an end and I'll finally have to say goodbye to them all
positive · AI labelView post →⊹ ࣪ ˖ **Recommended** ˖ ࣪ ⊹ The Devil in Me was so much fun to play with my friend Gaia. It is easily one of my top picks for co-op horror story games, especially if you enjoy making choices, panicking together, and screaming when everything starts going wrong. ⋆˚꩜｡ The gameplay is more story-focused, with exploration, decision-making, quick-time events, character interactions, and moments where your choices can seriously affect what happens next. It keeps you on edge because one bad choice…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know that this game gets a lot of hate, but I genuinely love this game. I love the whole slasher horror vibes and the traps really reminded me of saw. I also like the story behind Dumet's past and how he was an FBI agent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7pm pst tonight- Wowo Wednesdays!! (The Wario of Momo Mondays) Momo and I TAKE OFF in to the stars for Super massive’s latest entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology - Directive 8020. We have not even seen TRAILERS for this game, so going in absolutely fresh!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I've played the game twice now, once couch co-op on a PS5, once on Steam using online co-op. I very heavily do NOT recommend you play the online co-op. Many times the characters would glitch out of bounds, on top of each other, weird gameplay. You both play at the same time as different characters in different areas sometimes, and if one person progresses too far, it just skips forward for the other person. Then the QTE part was the worst for us. I hosted, but there were quite a few times the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyed the game. I saw some reviews talking about having to kill a character due to a game bug. However, I played the game to the end and that didn't happen to me. I've played all of The Dark Pictures games so far, and I enjoyed the story of this one. If you like these types of games, go ahead and pick it up - I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →over hated </3. not sure why is have mixed reviews, this game might be one on my favorite game out of all the 4 games from TDPA (in my opinion). this game reminds me so much of until dawn/the quarry :D. BUT the camera controls could’ve been better! If you guys enjoy until dawn and the quarry id recommend you trying this game out!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very janky but not as bad as people say. Definitely a more interesting story and better gameplay than Little Hope
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