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Dark Meadow: The Pact – Action Game Review
Dark Meadow: The Pact is a Action/Adventure/Entertainment game from Phosphor Games, LLC, first launched in 29th March 2012.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 6,653+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dark Meadow: The Pact Stand Out
FREE VERSION OF THE VISUALLY STUNNING, ENGROSSING STORYTELLING GAME ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE!
Nominated for Mobile Game of the Year from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
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IGN: "worth playing just to experience the game’s huge amount of eccentric dialogue, and to experience the unfolding mystery…. one of the best to hit the App Store in recent memory."
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KOTAKU: "at home in the halls of BioShock's Rapture…disturbingly gorgeous experience."
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DESTRUCTOID: "a very atmospheric and engrossing game with a delicious streak of dark humor coursing through its veins.. worth picking up for anybody with an interest in iOS gaming."
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JOYSTIQ: "It's a surprisingly funny, gorgeous game that's an easy recommendation… ram home the truth that mobile games are getting surprisingly good at creating big worlds on tiny screens."
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TOUCH ARCADE: "The Dark Meadow is a standout in almost every way. From look to setting to the touch-centric gameplay, it shines, and you can tell this title was crafted with much love "
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GIZMODO.UK: "a splendid achievement. The bar has been raised, the gauntlet has been thrown down, and the hyperbole has been exhausted. We can’t wait to see the next game that tries to go one better."
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MODOJO: "a cross between BioShock and Infinity Blade… a hauntingly beautiful and intriguing game everyone should play, as it offers both a compelling adventure and a glimpse into the future of smart phone gaming. "
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GAMEZEBO: "arguably the best title to come to the genre. It's gorgeous, it's creepy, and it's a blast to play. This is the perfect game to play during the Halloween season. "
A dark fairytale of intrigue and mystery, where the sins of the past must be paid for… So sets the stage for The Dark Meadow — a visually stunning world of deep exploration, gripping story, and heart racing combat, created with the unrivaled power of the Unreal Engine 3.
You awake in a hospital uncertain of how you arrived there or why. An old man warns of a beautiful witch whose minions roam the halls seeking the living. It is only when the witch is destroyed that you will be released from this unrelenting torment.
Using fun and intuitive fully gesture-based controls, you explore the decaying ruins of Montclair Hospital, armed with your crossbow for long-range combat as well as your sword for up close and personal melee battles.
The best elements from role-playing games encourage exploration as a wide variety of items are secreted throughout the world – from hidden scraps of paper that reveal the mystery of your imprisonment, to weapons and items, to money which can be used to purchase better equipment and weapons.
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Visually stunning, photo-realistic world built with the Unreal 3 engine
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A mature plot, stylized as a dark modern fairytale with bizarre twists and turns;
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In-world storytelling and quality acting
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Gesture-based action: crossbow ranged combat with ‘pull back and fire’ mechanic, slashing melee combat with dodging, blocking, and combos;
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Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean , Italian, Simplified Chinese, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese languages.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dark Meadow: The Pact is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th April 2012
Recent improvements include:
-Fixed Retina support issues so graphics on mobile devices now render as they should
-Fixed a bug where health packs were not spawning in world as they should
-Adjusted enemy loot drops to be more generous
-Increased Sun Coin rewards from killstreaks
-Premium Game and upgrade now convert all costs of swords, crossbows, and amulets permanently into gold from sun coins
Download & Availability
Dark Meadow: The Pact is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Dark Meadow: The Pact on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Best mobile game we ever played. Think about it all the time.
We remember playing this as a kid and we really loved it, so we broke out our old iPhone 4 to play it because of the lack of new iOS support, and it holds up really well! We wish the developers would update it though PLEASE UPDATE!!! ID PAY.
This game was really awesome but unfortunately they didnt update it, we really need to play this awesome game so please, give this game back to us.
BRING THIS GAME BACK IN 2025 OR PORT IT TO PC we BOUGHT A we PAD 4 RUNNING IOS10.3.4 JUST TO PLAY THIS we EVEN BOUGHT IN APP PURCHASES PLEASE.
Such a great game we miss it so much! PLEASE BRING IT BACK.
Would LOVE to see this game come back. Never beat it but it gave us such a great challenge. While we were thinking about this game we hope in turn to make this rating for developers to see and update this amazing game.
We played this game at around 2014 or so when we had an android and we LOVED this game. Its so amazing and we loved it!! The graphics and story and fight scenes are all a good B++ to us.
Ahead of its time, wish they would update our girl.
This game randomly popped into our head recently. We went looking for it because we remember playing this in 7th grade. We thought it was so awesome because we only had our phone to play games on and we loved horror. Although it wasnt the best gameplay, it really made us happy and it helped us through a lot. Unfortunately this game has not been updated. Its not compatible with the newest version of the iPhone. We had always hoped the creator would make an updated version lol. We still have some hope we would be able to play it again and go through the nostalgia.
Honestly one of our favorite phone games ever. We never write reviews for App Store games but this one has so much story and the right amount of creepiness to make it more than worth it. Please update so we can play again! Havent found another game like it.
We loved this game when we could play it and we wish you guys could bring it back for new iOS.
We awoke, sweating, out of a fever dream thinking about this game. We used to play it constantly in high school. We cant believe its been nine years. Please please please bring this game back. It was amazing. The graphics were fantastic for the time and its just so nostalgic.
Please release a version for the current IOS we remember playing this game in middle school years ago and it was so good.
We used to play this game during a rough patch years ago, and it motivated us to do other things bc it kickstarted our love for things again. This game is truly a masterpiece and deserves more credit. The story, the strategy, the visuals ???? THEYRE AMAZING !! Ive been waiting for this app to update so we can download it again and play and finally beat it bc ive never been able to and now that im older we want to beat it more than ever.
Im just saying, this is a great game and we dont want the game to be forgotten in the past.
Bring it back if possible some how some way thanks for reading this.
Please update to work with newer versions of IOS!! :((.
Im writing this in 2021, 9 years since the latest update, and we still think about this game on a daily basis. We wish it would get an update. It had such great gameplay, and for its time, it was so promising. We thoroughly enjoyed every second we ever spent playing, and we honestly never got frustrated after dying to the monsters. It was just a somehow terrifying but also serene game. We miss it so much.
One of our longtime favorite games but we really wish we could still play it.
Developer needs to release an update to play on newer phones. One of our favorites.
Dearest Developers Im not asking for an update for this amazing game you worked so hard on. We just wanted to thank you for the countless hours of fear and enjoyment playing your game. It was one of the first horror games that got us into playing the horror genre. Im very fond of this game and we just wanted to share words of appreciation and admiration. From a satisfied player, Sabrina.
When we tell you that we love this game so much but Im begging the developers to pleassseeeeee update it so we can play it again on our phone. Because we updated to iOS it is not available for us so once again we would love to play this game please update where it is available.
Hurry up and update so we can reinstall.
Do it loser we wanna play it on iOS 14.
We love this game a lot and would really love to play it on new devices.
This game is amazing, we hope the developer can update it so we can play it in our new iPhone.
This was an incredible iOS game. We wish it were compatible with newer iOS. :(.
We used to play this game for hours but now we cant download it as it isnt updated to be compatible with our phone please update.
This game is our favorite but we cant play anymore please update.
We really love this game. We used to play it nonstop until we switched phones and now we cant play it cause the game need to be updated.
We played this game about 4 years ago and we loved every minute of it. Sadly it isnt compatible with the new iPhone please update to the new version of iOS.
We love this game. We remember playing this game late at night surrounded in the dark, hyper focused. We enjoyed it so much Id play it all the time till there was nothing left to do. Whenever we hear cicadas it brings us back to this game, sadly the game isnt updated for iOS anymore and we can no longer download it back to vast in the nostalgia. Every now and then we check to see if its updated, and Ill continue to do that. If it is you have a for sure player, if not it will always have a special place in our heart.
Remembering back in the day when we would play this game, we remember how much we enjoyed it and how good of a game it was. Its no longer able to download but that needs to change. Bring it back.
We loved this game so much but we cant play it anymore cause our ios is to advance for the game.
Please update! Would love to play this again.
We have a newer phone and would really love to have this game again. Please update it to make it compatible with ios 11! Please please please.
We loved this game when it came out the first day we have an iPhone XS Max Please update so we can play it again.
Please update this game to be compatible to iOS 11, us and many other friends used to play this game all the time and its a shame Im not able to come back to one of our favorite games.
We really loved this game and wanted to play it again. Please update it.
We truly miss playing this game in middle school and Id love if you guys were to work on it again and make it available for this current iOS in 2019. This game was beyond amazing, we remember staying up late at night to play it when we were suppose to be sleeping for school the following day. You guys should really consider remaking this game, bringing it back to life for all of the fans who would play it non-stop :).
This game was so much fun, back in the day Id play this nonstop just trying to get past this one boss. Its a shame its no longer playable, Id love to go back to it.
This game was actually amazing for the time and we wish they would bring it back. It had great graphics , a bomb story, and it always kept us on edge. Was one of the greatest games available, imo.
This game made our transition from middle school to highscool memorable. We miss it, please bring it back.
This is the best mobile game we've played. But we cant anymore. Please update.
We know you probably wont see this but ive played this game as a kid and it was a amazing time when we did if you do see this please update if possible.
Game could be doing VERY well if there was an update. It doesnt work anymore.
It needs to be updated for iOS 11 we used to be able to play and we loved it.
Game was great. Not a pay to win game with fun puzzles and great battle strategies. Just too bad we cant play with iOS 11.
We used to play this game all the time and it was the best especially for mobile gaming at the time please bring it back.
Our friends and we want to Play this so bad its so fun! If you can update it to iOS 11 that will be awesome. Thanks.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.1
- Size: 546.84 MB
- iOS: 4.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Phosphor Games, LLC
Last updated: 9th April 2012 | Genre: Action, Adventure | Developer: Phosphor Games, LLC