Horingar: Darkside

Horingar: Darkside Horingar: Darkside is a story-driven adult RPG where you play the missing heir. Choose Combat, Stealth, or Puzzle paths, romance companions, and shape the fate of the kingdom and beyond.

Horingar: Darkside

Horingar: Darkside is a story-focused adult role-playing game. You step into the role of the kingdom’s heir and set out to find your missing father. As you travel, you’ll become tangled in schemes set in motion by dark forces—encountering memorable characters and major plot events along the way.

Progress the narrative by making meaningful choices: win favor with different women, and grow your character by selecting from three talent trees. Your decisions ultimately determine the fate of the kingdom—and may even reach beyond it. If you enjoy adult RPGs, this one is definitely worth a look.

Gameplay

Explore a semi-open world packed with side quests, hidden objectives, and deeper lore revealed through collectible books. Each chapter revolves around a semi-linear main quest that offers three routes: Combat, Stealth, or Puzzle-solving. Choose differently and you’ll get a fresh way to play, with your selection shaping both the gameplay moment-to-moment and your relationship with a companion.

Your chosen path also strengthens your bond with one of several fully romanceable companions. Build relationships with hand-drawn love interests, each with their own personality and backstory—plus fully animated adult scenes.

Relationship System

A detailed relationship system drives much of the experience. What you decide affects who grows closer to Reiner, and how that connection develops.

Talent Trees & Replay Value

Every companion comes with a three-branch talent tree, giving you options for strategic character growth and encouraging replay. For players leaning into combat, professions such as fishing, mining, cooking, and crafting can be especially useful—though after Chapter 2, they become more optional depending on your playstyle.

Expect a mix of mystery, drama, romance, and even a little comedy, all wrapped in a dark fantasy world where your choices uncover old truths and shape the future of a fallen kingdom.

Key Features

Weighted Choice System

• Your decisions carry consequences across chapters. For example, sparing a traitor in Chapter 6 may lead to sabotage against your faction in Chapter 9.

Corruption Mechanic

• Use dark magic to gain short-term benefits, but accept the risk of permanent stat penalties and possible story routes becoming unavailable as your soul fractures.

Immediate Chapter Access

• Purchasers can jump straight to Chapter 6.
• All earlier decisions are handled automatically by generating outcomes based on the demo playthrough or randomized results.

Cross-Platform Support

• Mac players can try the demo first.
• After purchase, full versions include optimized builds to reduce compatibility issues.

Patreon Priority

• €10+ patrons receive chapter updates one update ahead of Itch.io buyers.
• Patrons also get exclusive developer diaries and participate in beta voting.

Faction Warfare

• Work with unstable alliances formed with rival clans.



• Each side can offer special advantages (such as necromantic rituals or espionage networks), while pursuing hidden objectives.

Changelog / Developer Update

They decided it was better to share the update sooner rather than during the holidays. This might be the final development update for the year, with the next one arriving in January. That upcoming entry will include a few preview peeks and a short gameplay video showcasing one of the new maps.

They also mentioned joining the “New Year’s Naughty Bundle” on itch.io, which includes 100+ games from multiple developers.

And since they won’t be posting again before the new year, they’re wishing everyone happy holidays and thanking players for continued support.

Quest & UI Improvements

• Quest tracking now works from anywhere, including inside the entire castle.
• Quest pointers appear automatically once you accept a quest.
• Most menus can now be closed using ESC.
• Controller support was added, including a custom cursor for controller users (optimized and tested using an Xbox-style controller layout).

Performance & Technical Updates

• Code optimization across the board for improved overall performance.



• Fixed multiple tile walkability issues.

Story & Dialogue Updates

• Chapter 3 dialogue has been updated.
• Farah’s story was slightly revised to address a plot hole.
• Ruinessa’s dialogue and questline were adjusted; her updated questline is written and partially implemented.
• Tweaked Ishak’s dialogue that leaned too heavily into overly medieval phrasing.
• Added new images for specific dialogue moments.
• Siri now has a dedicated “Casting Portal” picture.

World & Content Additions

• Added the Swamp Lands map.
• Included a new music track for Darkweave Camp.
• Added new undead enemy sprites.
• Added new undead character sprites.
• Added new character faces with expanded emotional expressions.

Balance Changes

• After another round of testing, all starting zones were nerfed again.
• The Shark King was nerfed.
• Added new Steam cover art.

Player Comments

• 5 stars: The reviewer praised the polish, balance, and writing, saying it feels like a real final fantasy-style RPG—like a professional RPGM developer brought high standards into the adult RPGM space.
• They also highlighted that the game has plenty of content and doesn’t feel like the creator is losing track of what players came for.