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Tokyo Dark
Developer Cherrymochi
Tokyo Dark is a point-and-click adventure game developed by the indie developer Cherrymochi and published by Square Enix Collective for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It follows the story of Detective Itō Ayami who searches for her missing partner, Detective Kazuki Tanaka, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances while following a case. The player’s choices directly affect Ayami’s mental state and thought… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
205 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Aug 9, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
135 positive · 47 negative
95% range 67–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 135 | 47 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 0 | 17 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
677 of 804 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 141 yes, 47 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 188 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,133 of 1,347 positive).
Players praise the story, atmosphere, and music, calling it a hidden gem. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game has game-breaking bugs that have not been fixed for years. [4][5][6] Some players recommend buying it on sale due to its short length and technical issues. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [5]
It hurts my heart to do this, but DO NOT BUY TOKYO DARK IN ITS CURRENT STATE. This game is really something special, the perfect combination of light horror vibes and a detective story, bolstered by the devs unique way of portraying Tokyo. I've beaten it several times, mostly on the Switch port. It reminds me a lot of AI: Somnium Files, but obviously without all the humor, science fiction, memorable characters, and …
- [1]
Tokyo Dark So, Tokyo Dark. If I would be brief then I’d just say: it’s bloody beautiful, a hidden gem which you absolutely must try! But as always, I’ll go in more depth about this astonishing work by Cherrymochi studios. Story The story is about the detective who’s looking for her partner and on her way discovering various mysterious things about the strange case and Tokyo. It may sound a bit to simple you may say, …
- [4]
Tokyo Dark is a pretty good mystery game with a bit of a horror atmosphere to it. I was all in to recommend it fully but there are some fully game-breaking bugs that are from over 6 years ago that the devs have even acknowledged and their answer is a simple "just start the game over" and before talking about the rest I want to talk about this. The issue makes the game show no options and you are stuck, the devs …
- [2]
Very good game that no one knows about + Interesting storyline. You will want finish it more than once + Great music. I bought the Collector's Edition just because of it + Atmosphere. Creepy and spooky + Cats, girls in cat costumes, food in the form of cats, there's even a cat ending - Very few puzzles - The S.P.I.N system is superfluous and has no effect on anything - Backtracking - Secondary characters' faces …
- [3]
If you like horror-esque, psychological thriller in a japanese visual novel? This is the game for you.
Summarised from 34 of the 211 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Tokyo Dark talk about interesting storyline with multiple endings and replayability; those who didn't talk about game-breaking bugs and screen flicker issues. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Tokyo Dark received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator platform Metacritic. Matthias Glanznig from Adventure Gamers said that "Although falling short of its full potential, Tokyo Dark tells an intriguing mystery story and nicely integrates elements of both western and eastern cultures." TheBlondeBass of Destructoid said that the game is "Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun." Colm Ahern's of VideoGamer.com stated that "Tokyo Dark is an enjoyable supernatural mystery that holds your attention up until the end, which makes the disappointing execution of the SPIN system a real shame."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 205 · most liked firstDo Not buy this on steam. There's a new definitive edition with extra story content and new graphics on consoles (PS4&Switch), they didn't bother to update the pc version and screw all the pc players. This game is not that good anyway.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tokyo Dark So, Tokyo Dark. If I would be brief then I’d just say: it’s bloody beautiful, a hidden gem which you absolutely must try! But as always, I’ll go in more depth about this astonishing work by Cherrymochi studios. Story The story is about the detective who’s looking for her partner and on her way discovering various mysterious things about the strange case and Tokyo. It may sound a bit to simple you may say, but there is a ‘but’. This detective based story about the dark mysteries is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DUSK INDEX: GION is out A mystery game co-created by Cherrymochi (Tokyo Dark) AR x time-travel story that shifts between two similar series of murders from the present and the Meiji era
neutral · AI labelView post →It hurts my heart to do this, but DO NOT BUY TOKYO DARK IN ITS CURRENT STATE. This game is really something special, the perfect combination of light horror vibes and a detective story, bolstered by the devs unique way of portraying Tokyo. I've beaten it several times, mostly on the Switch port. It reminds me a lot of AI: Somnium Files, but obviously without all the humor, science fiction, memorable characters, and with less puzzles. I do not want to get into the story at all because it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome visual novel. It just has a damn "well known bug" softlocking your progress after many hours of gameplay (forcing you to start all over again) without any signs in the last 5 years of planning to fix it though. But hey, it has cat petting! You win something, you lose something, am I right?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Usually I don't leave a review after such a short time, but the game is just broken for many. They dropped this on Steam and they didn't bother to update it since then. - Couldn't choose multiple choices because the game simply doesn't accept me clicking on it. - There is an updated version with more content on PS4 and Switch wtf - There is super annoying screen flicker and glitching every time you change scene which is a bug. If they don't care about fixing the bug at least put out an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did play it but I don't really recommend it. • Writing is bad, but not "so bad it's good", it's just... bland. Every other man is a useless idiot or a cartoonish misogynist, the angsty plot is bad by anime writing standards. • It has a map for no reason; you can see other markers but you often only have one to click, giving the illusion that you have places to go. Or you're presented option selectors with only one option. It's like clicking continue over and over, but with extra steps. • If…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game that no one knows about + Interesting storyline. You will want finish it more than once + Great music. I bought the Collector's Edition just because of it + Atmosphere. Creepy and spooky + Cats, girls in cat costumes, food in the form of cats, there's even a cat ending - Very few puzzles - The S.P.I.N system is superfluous and has no effect on anything - Backtracking - Secondary characters' faces don't change during the dialogues - The fate of some of the secondary characters…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seven ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years and this game is still a mess full of bugs and glitches. I'd get a refund but it's a gift. Don't give your hard earned money to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ devs. Fun fact - they made enhanced version for consoles, but they don't give a ♥♥♥♥ about PC gamers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished Mischief Makers. Certified banger. Some of the bosses and stages can be pretty rough to experience, which is how you know the game is gas. I'm executive decisioning the order so that the end months aren't all heavy subject matter, so next is Tokyo Dark.
positive · AI labelView post →~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 An old person could play it ✅ Easy 🔲 Normal 🔲 Hard 🔲 Hardcore ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh ✅ Graphics don't matter in this game 🔲 Good 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad ✅ Not special 🔲 Good 🔲 Beautiful ~ VOICE ACTING ~ 🔲 No voice acting 🔲 Oblivionly bad ✅ Acceptable 🔲 Good 🔲 Pure talent ~ STORY ~ 🔲 This game has no story 🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story 🔲 It's there for the people who want it 🔲 Well written ✅ Epic story ~…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I truly wish I could give it a yes, but with the absolute game breaking bugs, and lack of support for PC gamers, I cannot in any way give this game a 'yes.' It has an interesting premise, but I reached a game breaking bug not once, but twice, and I couldn't waste another several hours trying to get past them. Other users have tried reaching out to the devs for a "bug free" version (which doesn't include your own choices) and have been either ignored/it's not possible to reach them. However,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game back in 2018, played for a few hours and never touched it again... Until now. 5 years later. Well, let's just say, I didn't stop playing simply because I became disinterested or had my attention drawn elsewhere. Those two things happened, but it's mostly due to a bug that, even 5 years after my purchase, has never been fixed for PC. At random intervals of my incomplete playthrough today, I experienced multiple instances of a bug in which my inputs, i.e. my clicks, don't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is really buggy, I don't recommend it at all and apparently there's a new version of this game that is only on Nintendo Switch & PS4 screwing over PC gamers. Why this game is still on sale baffles me knowing these bugs still persist. Wait till Square Enix or these devs fix their bug ridden game before you give money. No tolerance for lousy PC ports at all and sadly the UI prevented me from continuing with the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly interesting game, although since I 100% the game, my hand hurts from skipping so much dialogue. If you plan on getting every achievement, I'd recommend using an autoclicker.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epilepsy Warning in this game!!!!!! The PC version of this game has a graphical glitch when transitioning between areas, the screen flickers rather violently and fast. It's a real pain to the eyes and teh devs have not and probably will not patch this. Aside from that, the game is pretty stable. The atmosphere is really creepy and teh music provides an extra layer of chills. The story is super dark. There are multiple endings and a NG+ mode. A really good interactive VN and a must play for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm disappointed to say I can't recommend this game. PROS - Amazing story and visuals - Multiple endings CONS - No constant skip button for all read dialogue (only certain points can be skipped) - Can't use keyboard to move or read through text, only mouse - No counter for how many maneki cat toys you've picked up for The Cat God's Blessing ending NewGame+'s unique save system only allows you to make manual saves when prompted during certain parts of the story, and autosaves after certain…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a dark, complex, and intriguing detective story about a troubled detective who lost her partner, a cursed mask, a missing girl who is involved in an ancient cult, prostitution and murders, and some supernatural elements, but because of a game-breaking bug that stopped my progress, I got stuck in 'Queens Club', and I can't go on. Unfortunately, I can't give a broken game a positive thumbs up. I recommend watching a YouTube walkthrough for its story instead of paying money for this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game quickly becomes frustrating due to constant flickering when moving between any screens but even if you can put up with that, there is a game breaking bug where you must email the devs to receive a save file in order to continue playing. Terrible considering the game has been out since 2017, very disappointing. Also from a design perspective, there's a way to get an "ending" early on and be able to play new game +, the new game + should not be enabled from this as it introduces a lot of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like horror-esque, psychological thriller in a japanese visual novel? This is the game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game got stuck at the Historian's shop. I started the game again several times; the last one I just clicked randomly all around the screen and somehow a new dialogue appeared. Sorry I can not be more helpful, just in case somebody had the same issue. I am glad I could finish it, because the story is quite intriguing. However, since that problem was about to make me uninstall the game, I can not recommend playing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate to give this game a negative review because I enjoyed the majority of the game, but it does have some glaring issues that by the end I was really disappointed with and felt like it wasn't worth the time I'd spend playing. First off the game is really buggy and it seems there isn't much hope of that getting fixed. Usually it's nothing game breaking, but it's noticeable and kind of annoying after running into random glitches for several hours. Second, this game has 11 different endings and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tokyo Dark is a pretty good mystery game with a bit of a horror atmosphere to it. I was all in to recommend it fully but there are some fully game-breaking bugs that are from over 6 years ago that the devs have even acknowledged and their answer is a simple "just start the game over" and before talking about the rest I want to talk about this. The issue makes the game show no options and you are stuck, the devs answer to this for years now has been not restart the game, but literally start a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Some good themes + Choices matter + Atmospheric for the first playthrough - Plot is a little simple near the end - New Game+ necessary - lack fast-forward button on some parts - Endings take effort to reach but whether the rewards are worth it is questionable All in all a mixed review, but good for 1-2 playthroughs, draggy if playing to see all the endings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →44/44 achievements. You have to micromanage your mental well-being (sanity, professionalism, investigation and neurosis), but it's just a guess what action does what. Maybe investigating something gives you points for investigation (a good thing). Maybe it's deemed as neurotic (a bad thing). The game outright tells you not to go wandering around too much (it's neurotic), but sometimes for the “good” points you will need to go back to previous locations for no apparent reason. It tells you to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my opinion this is a game that's only worth to buy during sale. Overall it's an interesting experience and I don't have any complaints about the story or gameplay, plus I really love the music, art and atmosphere. I genuinely enjoyed playing this, I think it's beautifully done but wish that the game was a bit longer, since due to lack of gameplay/puzzles I believe that at least the story could've been more extensive. However, as MANY people have already mentioned, this game unfortunately…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Japanese psychological horror visual novel/adventure game set in Tokyo. Multiple endings give replayability. Graphics are fairly nicely drawn.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Four days late but it took me a while to think up a real doozy. Ito Ayame from Tokyo Dark, a game that allegedly enough people played for an updated rerelease of whom I have met exactly 0.
neutral · AI labelView post →Definitely pick this up while its on sale, an incredible story with decisions that make a big impact. The soundtrack is really good too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I encountered a game breaking bug in the Queen's Club where I was stuck in an infinite loop without being able to progress beyond talking to the same two patrons over and over and over. Looking at the forums it seems to be a known issue with no resolution. So, I can't recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So much backtracking, but the old-school style varied branches are worth the slog.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I drew some fanart of Detective Ito from @cherry-mochi.bsky.social wonderful #TokyoDark game on my live-drawing stream. 💜 I had the game on the brain since they announced its Crunchyroll Game Vault inclusion.
neutral · AI labelView post →Depression, but anime.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tokyo Dank Regrettably, I cannot recommend Tokyo Dark. The game suffers from a severe loading bug that prematurely reveals all elements of a scene. This flaw significantly undermines the effectiveness of environment transitions, jump scares, and overall tension. The main cast of the game is great, but some of the side characters can be pretty intolerable. Most dialogue has a habit of repeating itself multiple times, just with different phrasing. While the game does have its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game to pass a few hours. Story is alright too. Buy it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story has an interesting premise but the things you can do with it , choices you make are in fact very limited and linear. Most choices you make lead to bad ends. To reach all endings game expects you to replay it completely not even allowing save points at the first playthrough. Even after that the overall story and endings werent great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like you would need to play this game more than once to somewhat appreciate it like I did, as I didn't enjoy my first playthrough, some of it is down to the uninteresting character, design-wise and personality-wise. Most of my dislike towards this game was the 'doomerish' moments of not being able to solve anything, as well as the feeling of hopelessness, especially the ending where there are only 2 'good' ending out of 11 (as far as I could remember), and that all depends on how you see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →With Cherry Mochi running their Kickstarter for their next game, I decided to revisit Tokyo Dark, and remembered I'd never jumped into the New Game+. While one playthrough is quite intriguing, it is upon the NG+ playing that things truly start to come to light. Generally I like it. I sometimes wish there was more reward for finding something interesting in the environment to click on, and decision trees can be a little simplistic, but overall the main character has a great design and there's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →woah a game where my decisions have consequences. pog
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tokyo Dark Part 2 BLIND PLAYTHROUGH in 10 mins www.twitch.tv/tiffdragoon
neutral · AI labelView post →A short mystery-adventure with a fairly interesting story to unravel and simple puzzles that still made me feel clever for solving them. Does a great job at building tension, and the price while on sale is excellent value for how well everything is presented. There's also some good replay value if you want to find all the hidden endings. Looking forward to seeing more from this studio!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just barely thumbs up though....no voice is unforgivable in this age...and not being able to go back just to the last choice to play a different scenario is also poor, would have to replay the whole game which I just won't do. On the positive side, a game dealing with Tokyo's dark underbelly, so unappreciated by the swarm of tourists starry eyed about manga/sakura/omotenashi etc etc
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game started off promising. Interesting story line, cool art, nice overall scene. But within a few hours of game play I hit a game-breaking bug. I looked up the discussion page and noticed several people have had this same bug for years, where there is no patch for the PC version. Can't recommend it until it's fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →These are some fine cats. Oh ummm... the horror and the darkness are alright too. I do, however, wish the developers invented a 'skip read' button. Going through the entire game four times takes a toll on the fingers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, but even after seeing all the endings, nothing stuck with me. The S.P.I.N. system is really underutilized; it felt like only two of the attributes had any effect on the gameplay. The characters do not feel fleshed out and there's just not enough here that satisfied me. I also wish that at minimum you could use the Space bar to advance text but no, your only action is clicking the mouse.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, despite appearances, this is not a point & click adventure, it's 'just' a visual novel. I enjoyed the story, but it's completely linear. In the second half of the game every pretense is dropped and all but one choice blocked. There are only a few decision points that are clearly indicated as such which serve to channel you towards a different ending. The game is also fairly short and can be easily finished in one session. Bearing these things in mind, decide for yourself if that's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ORIGINAL POST - 01-02-2024: Took me about 5.2 hours, but I recently finished Tokyo Dark. It's a point-and-click adventure/visual novel hybrid here with choices that likely really matter here. Supposedly, there's like 11 different endings/permutations - so I do wonder how different some or all of these might turn out. So it does sounds like some of your decisions matter here in this Indie adventure/VN mash-up. Loved the anime-style & hard-drawn style of graphics here for its artistry, for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was an ok experience until I found out there's a 50/50 chance to get irreversibly soft locked pretty deep into the game after it happened to me. Only choice is to start the whole game over again. 9.5/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible just Incredible As a Detective in Tokyo The Choices You do in the game REALLY Matters at the end. there are many different endings You read here a little more then in the most Point & Click Video games ,But the game is really fun to play The Story is Extremly good and The ingame music always fits
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Play in compatibility for Windows Vista to get rid of screen flickering and some other minor bugs. - This is a good game overall. The story is engaging and you really feel for the protagonist as things unfold. If you're a fan of visual novel games then chances are you will enjoy this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is entertaining and fun to play
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ok, so I am a BIG fan of horror, psychological and mystery games and "Tokyo Dark" REALLY surprised me. I love every single second of my gameplay, I highly recommend it for everyone!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →so far, probably RE2? I love RE1 as well tho. RE0 can go to the corner and STAY THERE. Still trying to make my way through System Shock! Great game, very hard. My backlog of indie titles is massive too, lol. Not sure what to play next. Maybe At Dead of Night? Tokyo Dark? Sea of Stars? HBU?
neutral · AI labelView post →I have finished Tokyo Dark today and got the Purification ending😁Honestly I didn't think I will enjoy this game that much, is actually a really good game where I think many of my choices actually do matter for once lol😂 (Illusion of choice makes me doubt any game at this point)
positive · AI labelView post →Tokyo Dark Part 1 BLIND PLAYTHROUGH in 10 mins www.twitch.tv/tiffdragoon
neutral · AI labelView post →Extremely generic. I suppose it's the devs first game ever. The writing is genuinely fan fiction tier. With the most cardboard cutout AI written dialogue and characters. It's just hard to care about anything that's going on when the overall writing is this bad. And the gameplay is very generic linear "go to A then go to B, click there, then click there." no real thinking, nothing. Just a badly written visual novel that acts like it's a video game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A dark, psychological J-horror cop drama, cut with moments of downright wacky humor. I got this on sale and it was worth full price. 15 hours was a 100% clear, so it's not extremely long, but definitely gets its lore across. Warnings include child abuse, cults, (offscreen, implied) forced prostitution, (onscreen) death, unreality.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the anime horror vibes. The visuals are clean and stylish and the music is properly creepy in places. The story is good. I like how some conversations are different on the replay, and you can skip most (but not all) of the dialogue you've already seen. New Game+ adds some nice save points to make it easier to get the rest of the endings, and a single run is relatively short (around two hours) once you know what to do in each area. I had some serious issues with the game crashing at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Want to recommend but feel like not enough comes together for me to be able to in good faith. There's a lot happening under the hood, with stats, choices, things to investigate, but they don't come together enough to make more of an impact to the player and their experience. ...and then add on that a few visual and sound effects can be annoying or painful to see/listen to, and some of the investigation can end up being that classic click-and-point adventure "click on everything until…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Our good friends in Japan, Cherrymochi, now have their seminal visual novel/detective #horror game, Tokyo Dark, as a featured game on #Crunchyroll! 💖 I wanna be as cool Cherrymochi when I grow up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHDC...
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