- The Church in the Darkness - 90% Off During the Fellow Publisher Sale! - 18 April 2026
Gosh, is it that time of year already? Welcome to Fellow Traveller's annual Publisher Sale! If you're keen for a story rich title, we've got you covered. New releases! Beloved classics! Steam Deck games! Killer tunes! Discounts up to 90%! It is party time central over here, and we'd love for you to join us.The Church in the Darkness is available for 90% off, so make sure to pick it up and get ready to infiltrate a religious cult.
- ❄️The Church in the Darkness 90% Off During Steam Winter Sale!❄️ - 18 December 2025
Winter already? Or Summer if you're in the southern hemisphere? No matter where you're from, you can grab great bargains in the Steam Winter Sale, including The Church in the Darkness for 90% off!Have a lovely holiday break from everyone at Fellow Traveller, and see you in 2026!
- Pre-Orders Are Open for The Church in the Darkness™ Physical Release! - 8 November 2023
Limited Run Games has announced that pre-orders are open for a cool physical edition of The Church in the Darkness! Find out more below: PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch Edition - USD $34.99 PlayStation 4 Edition: The Church in the Darkness is on a region-free physical disc for the PlayStation 4. Also works on the PlayStation 5. Nintendo Switch Edition: The Church in the Darkness is on a region-free physical cart for the Nintendo Switch. Make sure to pre-order your copy from Limited Run Games so you don't miss out! Pre-orders are open from November 7th to December 10th.
- The Church in the Darkness is 90% off in the Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale! - 18 September 2023
The annual Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale is now on - and to celebrate, The Church in the Darkness is 90% off! ➡️ Take me to the Publisher Sale ⬅️ There are plenty more Fellow Traveller titles on sale to choose from - so whether you're looking for something new, a bargain, some cool soundtracks and bundles, or even something to play on Steam Deck, we're sure to have something just for you. We're also thrilled to announce that three new games are joining the Fellow Traveller family; Scrabdackle, Wander Stars and Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo - read up on each of them below! Wander Stars: Follow the story of Ringo and Wolfe as they join forces to collect the pieces of the Wanderstar Map in this turn-based RPG with roguelite elements! Use words to create your own fighting techniques, befriend your rivals, and explore the universe in an adventure inspired by 90s anime. Scrabdackle: As a n…
- The Church in the Darkness - 90% Off For LudoNarraCon - 4 May 2023
We're proud to once again have The Church in the darkness participating in this year’s LudoNarraCon sale which kicks off today and lasts until May 11th. Perfect time for you or a friend to venture deep into the cult jungles of The Church in the Darkness for 90% off. And I (project director Richard Rouse) will also be participating in the panel Game Stories Told in Most Unexpected & Surprising Ways - watch it as part of the loop on the LudoNarraCon page on Steam or on YouTube anytime right here: Be sure to check out LudoNarraCon, where you can find everything about the fifth annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to find some other dark and interesting narrative video games, including talks and streams from the developers that make them. Or check out some narrative game demos - there's always some new hidden jems to be found at LudoNarraCon. Not all the games features will all…
- LudoNarraCon: Shocking Developments panel + On Sale! - 5 May 2022
LudoNarraCon - the Steam festival dedicated to narrative games - is taking place right now, May 5th-9th, and you can get The Church in the Darkness for 80% off, or complete your cult experience by picking up the True Believer Special Edition soundtrack & extra videos for the same discount which makes it quite a deal indeed. As part of this LNC I am hosting the "Shocking Developments: Subverting Expectations with Game Stories" panel. I'm sure Church and other games I've worked on will come up, and I'm sharing the stage with some great writers: Antony Johnston (Resident Evil Village and many more), Heather Albano (A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight and many more), and Xalavier Nelson (Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and many more). Catch it when it loops on the LudoNarraCon page. : Or watch the video right here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNz70KC4ij8 Find all t…
- On Sale for LudoNarraCon + "Telling Dark Stories with Games" Panel - 24 April 2021
LudoNarraCon - the Steam festival dedicated to narrative games - is taking place right now, April 23 - 26. The Church in the Darkness has exhibited at all the previous LNC events, and right now we're going to be on sale for this one! A good time to head to the jungle if you yet come to join us. As part of this LNC I hosted the "Telling Dark Stories with Games" panel. I talk about Church on there, and share the stage with some great dark storytelling panelists: Emily Short (Sunless Skies, Sunless Seas, Fallen London), Marta Fijak (Frostpunk) and Thomas Grip (Amnesia series, SOMA). Catch it when it loops on the LudoNarraCon page, or watch the video recording whenever you want (on demand) right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osBN80_AhNo Or you can check out all the great panels and LudoNarraCon content over here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/ludonarracon?tab=4 I mentioned we'…
- Version 1.42 + True Believer DLC Update + Sale! - 16 December 2020
This dark December brings several updates that we've combined into one, and this week it's all on sale. Come, listen. Version 1.42 We've just published our version 1.42 which adds some more functionality and polishes our "Notes" feature that we introduced in v1.4. To recap, our last updated added a Notes menu item, letting players review all of the documents they have unlocked in their many journeys through Freedom Town, letting you review notes you have collected over multiple playthroughs. We like how this showcases all the different narrative pieces our writers and artists came up with for the game's collectable documents, and lets you read them in the calm between playthroughs. Read more about the feature in our last update: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/339830/view/2907598989583047897 This 1.42 version adds a "Total Collected" counter in the top left of the screen so you…
- Update V1.4 Now Available - 25 November 2020
We've now rolled out our new version our new version 1.4, featuring our note tracker, available via the Notes entry on the main menu. This tracks all the notes & documents you find in your playthroughs of the game and lets you read or re-read them whenever you want. After a few revisions and polish we're happy to bring this new feature out of Beta and make it part of the main build for everyone to play. Your game should automatically update to this version. As you travel through Freedom Town, in desks, trunks, and other searchable spots you'll collect documents that you can read in game. But some people have mentioned reading them during gameplay can be stressful given how intense the game can be. Plus, since not every document is in every playthrough, it was previously impossible to read all the notes in one place. So we made the new "Notes" menu. We love this feature because now you c…
- New Beta: "Notes" Tracker on the Main Menu - 12 October 2020
We've been working on a new feature that we'd love for you to try out before we set it live in the main branch/build - it's a new Notes tracker/collector, accessible from the main menu! This is something we've been wanting to get in the game for a while, and it helps you explore the full narrative of the game across multiple playthroughs. We also think it shines a light on an area of the game we think deserves more attention: the many notes and documents you can collect over repeated playthroughs of the game. As you travel through Freedom Town, in desks, trunks, and other searchable spots you'll be able to collect documents that you can read in game. But some people have mentioned reading them during gameplay can be stressful given how intense the game can be. Plus, since not every document is in every playthrough, it was previously impossible to read all the notes in one place. FIRST,…
- True Believer DLC Update + Sale + Vinyl Announcement - 29 August 2020
Hi everyone, We just did an update to our build last week, but in addition to being on a week long sale right now (through Monday), I wanted mention a different kind of update we just did... True Believer DLC Update If you've picked up The Church in the Darkness you may have seen we also have our True Believer DLC which includes our soundtrack and behind the scenes videos featuring voice over sessions, music recording, some interesting monologues that didn't make it in the game, and various other interesting items. We've just added another video to our True Believer collection! We recently dug up this unreleased raw video, edited it together, and thought it would make a good addition to the DLC. It features our cult leaders Rebecca and Isaac Walker (played of course by Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie) singing "Where We'll Never Grow Old" from the soundtrack. You may have heard the…
- Inventory Fix Update + More - 24 August 2020
Hey everybody, Wanted to let everyone know that we did a small patch this weekend that also sets up our next update. Update 1.3 Live First up, we just did a small update where we fixed some bugs in the inventory when using mouse control which sometimes resulted in lost items, or using items at the wrong time. Steam should have auto-updated you to version 1.3 to get this patch. This was something rare and that had been eluding us for a while, but we were able to finally pin down how to reproduce it and got it fixed. Now using the mouse with the inventory should work well, let us know if you see any other issues inventory-wise. But also in this build is the wiring for something you won't actually SEE until our next patch. We've introduced a new system that tracks and saves what you collect in each game playthrough, and we're working on a cool way to display that in game, both so you can r…
- Update v 1.29 + Sale + LudoNarraCon Streams - 15 June 2020
Hi everyone, We just wrapped up a beta weekend with several players trying out our new Steam controller fix build, and everyone has reported back it is working for them. So we have taken it out of Beta and released it as Version 1.29 of the game. Your game should automatically update to this version. This build should also should fix much rarer cases of Xbox controllers not working. We also included some fixes to the difficulty system, as well as some more tuning to our guards and how responsive they are. And to go along with this latest update, we've also put the game on sale all this week! This primarily fixes problems with the Steam controller sometimes not allowing the player to shoot their gun - this was a problem that mysteriously popped up post launch, perhaps due to an update to the controller API. Our fix is a combination of this new version of the game plus a "recommended" cus…
- Steam Controller Beta Build - 13 June 2020
Hi everyone, We've had a few bug reports come in the last few months about Steam controllers not working correctly with the game, specifically players not being able to hold the left trigger down and then fire with the right trigger. A similar problem happened This has been a really baffling bug for us to fix, as it was working at launch and broke sometime after that for mysterious reasons. We got some helpful feedback in our forums that helped lead us in the right direction and we think we now have a fix! It's a combination of a "recommended" custom controller configuration for the Steam Controller and a new build of the game. Right now we're trying this out in a beta branch. If anyone wants to jump in and see if it works for them before we set it live for everyone. To try it, go to Properties on The Church in the Darkness in your Steam library, go to the Betas tab, then select the bra…
- This Weekend: Sales, Streams, & Giveaways for LudoNarraCon - 24 April 2020
This is the weekend - April 24th-27th - for the online convention dedicated to fascinating narrative games, LudoNarraCon, and we'll be participating in a number of ways we think you'll like. Get The Church in the Darkness for 50% Off For the duration of LudoNarraCon, you can pick up The Church in the Darkness for half off! Game Streams with Arif Kinchen and Brock Wilbur As part of LudoNarraCon, we'll be doing two streams hosted on our Store page which will loop all weekend. Each will have me (Richard) playing the game and showing off some advice and tips players may not know about. And with me I'll welcome two very special guests: First up we have Arif S. Kinchen, the voice actor who plays Alex, Charles and Scooter in the game. Or you may know him as Miles from The Suffering: Ties that Bind, or as Pierce Washington in the Saint's Row games. He's also taken up streaming our game over at…
- We're exhibiting at LudoNarraCon April 24-27! - 14 April 2020
LudoNarraCon is a free digital festival running April 24 - 27 here on Steam that celebrates narrative games like our’s! Tune in to see behind-the-scenes streams from over 40 narrative games, download and play over 20 demos, and watch live panels from narrative developers. We hope you’ll visit our Steam page during the event: we’re excited to livestream 3-4 hours of behind the scenes content for you. It’ll replay on a loop for the duration of the event, so come anywhere and anytime starting April 24th until the 27th. As part of LudoNarraCon, nearly half of the exhibitors will be offering free demos...! Enjoy a taste of these games from the comfort of your home on your schedule. Developers and publishers will stream live on their games' Steam store pages with behind-the-scenes content, couch chats, and demo gameplay. We hope you'll tune into our stream during the event! A main theatre str…
- Update v1.25 Available - 23 March 2020
Our latest build update v1.25 is now live on Steam! This has a number of improvements we've been working on: Reworked Alex's follow behavior. In particular this fixes cases where he could box the player into a corner and there would be no way to get out without knocking him out or killing him. Now you have no excuse to not get him out of Freedom Town! Unless you think he should stay in that playthrough... (And if you ever see him blocking you with this new build, please let us know.) Per request, on the Graphics Settings menu added custom settings for Shadow Quality, Anti Aliasing Level, and Lighting. To access these go the Settings menu, then look for the Graphics Settings sub-menu. Played with some guard behavior modifications to vary up gameplay a bit more. In particular, tuned the "Red Hat" Guard's behavior to be more aggressive - be careful when you try to get past them. And rememb…
- On Sale This Weekend! Returning to LudoNarraCon April 24-27! - 8 February 2020
Last year we had a fantastic time exhibiting at LudoNarraCon, the free digital convention hosted on Steam that celebrates unique narrative games. Now it's coming back on April 24-27, and we're happy to be returning. And to celebrate, this weekend we've got our game on sale - great time to pick it up, or to get your friends to join our cult. LudoNarraCon Returns April 24-27 For LudoNarracon 2020 we're working on interesting content to feature, including more talk about cults, looking at hidden bits of the game with streamers, and maybe even giving away some merch. It'll be just like one of the big physical conventions we've done, but with it being online, no matter where you are, you can attend as well. LudoNarraCon will include 30+ narrative games exhibiting on their Steam pages, great sales on lots of games, along with 12 hours of live panels. And it's all available free to the public…
- Update v1.2 Available + Last Days of the Winter Sale - 30 December 2019
Update v1.2 After our quick beta test, we've completed our bug fixing/polishing and our update to Version 1.2 has been posted for all to play as the Steam main build. Here's what you can find: Camera/Controls Changes - New camera control feels a lot less "floaty". Now when the player stops, the camera stops, which we think feels a lot more tight. Update to the Swing Camera - We also updated the "camera swing" feature - which you use to look farther around your character and access with the arrow keys (by default) or the right stick. This now feels a lot more "under control" as well and doesn't automatically swing back over your character until you start moving. Control Options - The above camera features are on by default. However, if you want the camera back the way it was before, we have that covered too. Go to the Settings menu and you can tick the "Re-Center Camera After Moving" and…
- Beta Build for UI Colors & Camera Options - 24 December 2019
Hi everyone, We've been working away on our latest update and feel we have it pretty close to done, but want to do a little more testing before we update the main branch of the game. But we realized maybe some of you would like to test it out and give us feedback. Specifically, this is because one of our changes has to do with changing the colors of the UI, of particular interest to players who have some version of colorblindness, something we've had numerous requests for. We've included three different alternate color schemes (in addition to the default) that hopefully will cover most people. But if you want to see how well it works for you, we'd love to hear about it. Once you have the beta, just go to the settings screen to try out the different options. The other big change for this build is we have changed how the main camera in the game works, to make it a bit less swooshy - when…
