Wages of Darkness

Wages of Darkness is a free 2D click-and-point adventure game. It features an inventory and can be controlled via mouse; it is very short (about 5 minutes).

It won the April 2012 MAGS competition with the theme "distorted senses".

The player protagonist is a young female soldier named Marina, who finds herself injured in an unknown location covered in complete darkness. She soon discovers that she is not alone and the other creatures are hostile.

Marina also remembers from her training that she must reach the shelter before her superiors execute Protocol 13.

Added February 21, 2026
Developed By vanwijst
Title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Intro scene with Marina (Windows) from mobygames.com
Blood stains indicates that something is not going so well (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game starts in complete darkness in a tunnel (Windows) from mobygames.com
Second floor: There is a hatch and handwheel (Windows) from mobygames.com
Marina is not alone in the tunnels (Windows) from mobygames.com
The creature got Marina (Windows) from mobygames.com
On the next floor there is a vending machine and some coins lying around (Windows) from mobygames.com
Finally some light and the shelter door (Windows) from mobygames.com
Marina's body (Windows) from mobygames.com
Revision 1. This game was last revised on February 18, 2026 at 12:01am UTC. History

Year of Release:
2012

Platform(s):
Windows

Genre(s):
Puzzle Adventure Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D Retro-Style

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Horror

Other Tags:
Short

Free to Play:
Yes

More Info:
MobyGames

Available From:
Download