Dark Earth

Dark Earth

Released1997
Dark Earth is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game for the PC. Dark Earth takes place several centuries in the future, when a meteor collision with Earth tossed up great clouds of dust that blocked out the sun. Earth's remaining survivors began to seek refuge beneath small openings in the clouds, the few places light could be found. Those that remained in the 'dark earth' were hunted by strange creatures, infected with the darkness. To shelter themselves from the dangerous 'dark earth', the people began to form cities beneath the light called 'Stallites'. At the time of the game, most of the citizens of the stallite have forgotten their history and now worship the light as a god. The stalites are run by 'Sun Priests', who maintain order and prevent the creatures of darkness from harming the city. The game follows the story of Arkhan, a "guardian of fire", protector of the stallite 'Sparta' and the Sun Priests. After an attack on the sun priests, Arkhan has a poison thrown into his face that begins to infect him with the dark sickness. He begins to mutate into a creature of the dark and has to find a cure before his transformation is complete. Along the way, he is treated as an enemy by most of his former friends while he struggles to uncover the conspiracy behind the attack.
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Details

DeveloperKalisto Entertainment
ReleasedOctober 23, 1997
StatusReleased
GenresFightingPuzzleAdventure
ThemesActionFantasyHistoricalScience fiction
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)
ModesSingle player

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Community Score
Highly Recommended80/100

About This Game

Centuries after a meteor strike blocked the sun and drove humanity into permanent darkness, survivors cluster beneath rare gaps in the cloud cover called Stallites. The people there worship the light as a god, guarded by Sun Priests and their soldiers. Arkhan is one such guardian in the Stallite of Sparta — until an ambush infects him with the Dark Sickness, slowly mutating him into a creature of the dark. His former allies distrust him as he races to find a cure and expose the conspiracy behind the attack.