In 2010, AMAX Interactive (then ERS-G Studios) released the first Dark Tales game, a detective mystery hidden object adventure loosely based on a creepy poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Now, many years later and many poems adapted, the Dark Tales series has become a staple and cemented Detective Dupin as one of the most memorable characters in the world of hidden object games.
Latest Dark Tales Game
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells
Albert McClain is an author with the strange ability to predict the future in his novels, a talent that propelled him into the limelight. Now, he’s vanished during the release event for his latest book, and with a city-wide celebration ahead, the fiery destruction depicted in its pages is far from an empty threat!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells’ cookie-cutter gameplay is saved by solid production and a mildly interesting storyline – Full Review
List of Dark Tales Games in Order of Release
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in the Rue Morgue
Use your Hidden Object and Adventure game talent to solve a dreadful Murder in the Rue Morgue!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat
Monsieur Mark Davies has reported his wife, Sara, missing and now it’s up to you to track her down and solve the mystery!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Premature Burial
Julien has hired the world famous Detective Dupin to investigate the sudden death of his beloved Victorine.
Dark Tales Edgar Allan Poe’s The Gold Bug
You and your detective companion Dupin have been summoned to the seashore to help William LeGrand discover the exact location of a treasure lost hundreds of years ago!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death
A mysterious figure in a red mask has been stalking the streets of a small French town, murdering city officials. The mayor calls you in to help track him down and stop him.
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher
You and your colleague, Detective Dupin, have accepted an odd case at the ancient House of Usher – to find the twin sister of Roderick, who has vanished without a trace
The Fall of the House of Usher is by far the best in the franchise and it is the best by the developer in quite some time – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mystery of Marie Roget
This time, help a newlywed couple unravel the mystery of a strange threat… from the beyond.
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mystery of Marie Roget is thrilling, fun, and well put together – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart
A scream in the night… a brutal crime… a mysterious figure with eyes red as blood… You and your partner, Dupin, have been called in to solve the murder of a young woman in a seaside town.
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart just feels very lazy and ordinary…far too ordinary – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Metzengerstein
The sole heir to the Metzengerstein line is being plagued by visions of a mysterious spirit shrouded in fog. You and your faithful friend Dupin set out for Hungary to get to the bottom of things.
It is a shame that the top-notch visuals are still not enough to make up for the flaws in Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Metzengerstein – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven
The renowned archaeologist Alan Dillinger is dead, seemingly by his own hand. At his side is a note detailing his love for a woman named Lenore. It seems to be a simple case of romance gone wrong. But the mysterious client who summoned you isn’t so sure…
The Raven is one of the better and one of the scariest Dark Tales games in recent memory – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Lenore
Travel to the city of Goldstown, a small city that’s been plagued by multiple kidnappings and a secret gang of murderers that are calling themselves the Crows League.
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Lenore is unimaginative and mind-numbingly boring – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Morella
The McDougall family has disappeared in their own home, and the police are too frightened to investigate. They believe all the legends surrounding the infamous house, known by locals as the Devourer of Souls.
Morella is yet another monotonous addition – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum
Your good friend Dupin has invited you to Pendulum House for an event filled with magic and illusions. But the show is interrupted when a murderer strikes!
Compared to the last few dreadful sequels, Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum is actually quite a decent offering – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oval Portrait
Your next case with the dashing detective is set in motion after a series of strange disappearances. Each of the victims had recently posed for a famous painter, and each woman received a threatening note afterward.
No matter how interesting the storyline and the visuals are, Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oval Portrait is ultimately a tedious experience – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Speaking with the Dead
You and your friend Dupin have solved countless cases, but this time is different when an old criminal adversary seemingly returns from the dead to take his vengeance!
With the new Dark Tales game, it is fair to say that AMAX Interactive just does not try at this point – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Ligeia
Nothing’s quite what it seems at the Phoenix estate. The Lord of the manor is receiving threatening letters from his deceased wife, and a cloaked attacker is lurking in the shadows just waiting to strike!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s Ligeia is another sub-par addition to this seemingly never-ending series – Full Review
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells
Albert McClain is an author with the strange ability to predict the future in his novels, a talent that propelled him into the limelight. Now, he’s vanished during the release event for his latest book, and with a city-wide celebration ahead, the fiery destruction depicted in its pages is far from an empty threat!
Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells’ cookie-cutter gameplay is saved by solid production and a mildly interesting storyline – Full Review
