Games / Dark Thoughts

Fight your own
dark thoughts.

A bullet heaven where the enemies are your own intrusive thoughts. Pick a damaged hero. Survive the trauma. Outlast yourself long enough to face the diagnosis.

Coming Q4 2026 · Wishlist on Steam
Dark Thoughts — the king surrounded by the swarm

01 — Watch

Watch the trailers.

Gameplay Reveal Trailer

Hero Reveal Trailer

A girl surrounded by a swarm of intrusive thoughts

02 — The Game

The therapist
will see you now.

Worthless. Nobody cares. You'll fail again. Each one starts as a whisper, then the screen fills with them. Pick a hero who's barely holding it together, pair a weapon with an ability, and survive the swarm long enough for the boss to show up. The boss is your diagnosis. You close the case, or you don't.

Survive the swarm.
Survive yourself.

12Damaged heroes
9Levels
100+Accolades to unlock
15Album tracks to unlock
7Distinct bosses to battle

You either close the case. Or you don't.

03 — The unlocks

Everything you'll
unlock down here.

/ 01

12 heroes to unlock

Twelve damaged heroes, none of them okay. Each one has a unique passive, a voice line, and a hero card you earn by surviving them.

/ 02

9 maps of dread

Apathy, grief, anger, hate, shame, fear, and more. Plus interludes that change the rules entirely. Every map ends in a diagnosis.

/ 03

Afflictions & evolutions

Unlock weapons and abilities — your hero's afflictions. Pair the right two and unlock the evolution they fuse into. Seven brutal evolutions to discover.

/ 04

100+ accolades

As you progress in the game, you'll see the progress in your mind — tracked through the 100+ accolades you can unlock.

/ 05

Upgrade your mental health

Spend Happiness, which you collect in game, on stat upgrades that stick between runs.

/ 06

Unlock the album

Complete all 10 levels to unlock the exclusive Dark Thoughts album by Pastor Fussycat — 15 tracks, yours for download.

04 — Don't look away

Wishlist Dark Thoughts

The wishlist count is the only signal Steam's algorithm watches. Add it now and you'll know the moment the case opens. Q4 2026.