There are two reasons why you’ll want to play this Lovecraftian strategy game: legendary Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka is behind the music, and it delivers the tense, desperate atmosphere of Frostpunk. DarkSwitch throws you into an apocalypse where civilization clings to life atop a gigantic tree as an all-consuming fog devours the world below.

In DarkSwitch, humanity’s last hope is a colossal tree rising above cosmic terrors. Cyber Temple’s first game is a city-builder, management, and strategy hybrid that’s as captivating as it is unsettling. Set in a universe worthy of Lovecraft, players must build a city high in the branches and trunk of a 200-meter-tall tree while fighting a creeping, corrupting mist that threatens to consume everything.

This vertical city-builder forces you to think in new ways: with little horizontal space, ladders, ziplines, and interwoven layers are vital for expansion. Your most precious resource isn’t gold or metal, but light itself—used for everything from illuminating walkways and defending the settlement to powering weapons against the shadowy monsters lurking in the mist.

Resource management in DarkSwitch goes far beyond the norm. It’s not just about raw materials and production chains; you’ll need to keep citizens’ morale steady as chaos reigns all around. Defenses work like an organic tower defense system, where carefully lit pathways and Solium-powered weapons (the world’s light-energy source) are all that stand between you and extinction.

DarkSwitch Lets You Explore—But Beware the Horrors Outside the Tree

The tree isn’t isolated from the world—players send expeditions to ancient ruins, forgotten lands, and even set up outposts. These dangerous journeys unveil secrets of lost civilizations, bizarre artifacts, and nightmarish foes, all while you make tough moral choices that can change your people’s fate in radical ways.

With a story-driven campaign clocking in at over 12 hours, a flexible sandbox mode, more than 80 unique buildings, and an atmospheric score by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), DarkSwitch wants to stand out from the pack. The eerie art style, branching narrative, and constant sense of tension promise more than just city management: you’re fighting for light and sanity in a world where the sun has disappeared.

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