The Darkest Files

The Darkest Files is a historical investigation and court room game based on true crimes of the Nazi era.

Nothing belongs to the past, everything is still present and can become the future again.

World War 2 has ended. Yet Nazis can still be found in high ranking positions all across Germany. Hesse's Attorney General Fritz Bauer establishes a special unit of young, unencumbered public prosecutors to pursue and investigate Nazi crimes and to prosecute the perpetrators.

Play through the untold true story of the Nazi hunter attorneys of the 1950s, in an engaging storyline interweaving personal and political history, in an unique mix of first-person gameplay and beautiful comic art style.

How the Darkest Files plays

You play as the young prosecutor Esther Katz, seek evidences in files and interrogate witnesses to solve the cold-cases from the Nazi era, by reconstructing the crime scene in your reconstruction board. Ta...