DarkSwitch

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The Tree Provides, The Tree Protects, The Tree Prevails! Dark Switch is a vertical survival city builder set in the boughs of a gigantic tree.

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Developer:
Cyber Temple
Release date:
09 April 2026
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (106)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (512)

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Description

The Tree Provides, The Tree Protects, The Tree Prevails!

Dark Switch is a vertical survival city builder set in the boughs of a gigantic tree. Defend your leafy home against the perils of the creeping fog by managing light and flame.

  • Gather resources, research technologies, and send pioneers to explore the ruins of those who came before: discover their secrets and doom.  

  • Set in a world of folk horror and creeping dread, DarkSwitch blends vertical city-building, tower defense, and exploration into a unique strategic experience.

  • Navigate a stunning, dangerous, dark fantasy world enriched by cinematic cutscenes and an atmospheric soundtrack from Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka!

Build your city upwards, utilizing both trunk and bough.

  • Limited horizontal space requires a strategy; construct zip lines and stairways to connect your growing settlement layers.

  • Manage raw and processed resources, production facilities, and citizen morale, while fortifying defenses to withstand fog's creeping chaos.

Fog drives your citizens to madness and conceals stalking terrors.

  • Fight back by illuminating paths, crafting light-powered weapons, and mastering the raw energy of Solium.

  • Push back the gloom and save your nation.

Send scout detachments into the misty unknown to chart new airship routes. 

  • Establish far-outposts, and excavate rare resources and artifacts.

  • Encounter strange and lethal creatures lurking in the fog.

  • Uncover the remnants of an ancient civilization.

Shape your citizens' destiny through morally complex decisions.

  • Witness various dramatic storylines.

  • Navigate choices where even small actions can spiral into grim consequences.

  • Campaign Mode: 20+ hours of single-player, story-driven gameplay with quests, branching narratives, and high-stakes choices.

  • 80+ unique buildings for full tree city customization.

  • 11 resource types: balance raw and processed goods to survive.

  • 4 technology levels to advance and unlock new growth possibilities.

  • 200-meter-tall tree that serves as the foundation for your city.

  • Atmospheric soundtrack composed by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill series).

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS:
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Processor:
Intel Core i5-11400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 (6+ ГБ VRAM)
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
30 GB available space
Additional Notes:
SSD Required

recommended*

OS:
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Processor:
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
30 GB available space
Additional Notes:
SSD Required

User reviews

UN PANDA
Not recommended | 04 May 2026
23.5h played

I do not recommend the game in its current state, especially not at its current price of around €30. The game has a lot of potential. The atmosphere is strong, the visuals are beautiful, and I did have some genuinely

Helpful: 17
Nuprin Feelgood
Not recommended | 01 May 2026
59h played

It is a game with much promise... but it needs work. I do actually recommend the game, but prepare to be really frustrated. Like most other reviewers, I ran into the same imbalanced or bugged reality of the late game. I

Helpful: 11
Gery The Great
Recommended | 07 May 2026
23.5h played

This is a great game with a nice story and gameplay but that is bogged down by quite a few bugs and bad design choices. Lets start with the good stuff: - Great thematic world building - Most base mechanics are nice and

Helpful: 8
timosquared
Not recommended | 03 May 2026
15.4h played

It's very similar to Frost Punk, but the glitches make it unplayable. I couldn't destroy an outpost that never spawned, so I just kept playing endlessly finally succumbing to fear despite having too many resources. It

Helpful: 4
Penny Lee
Not recommended | 11 May 2026
10.5h played

Feels like a lumberjack sim, constant battle trying to get enough lumber for anything!!!. I have tons iron with only 1 mining it but with 6 lumberjacks impossible to even keep the the lights lit. The most stupid

Helpful: 3
snarf
Not recommended | 01 May 2026
43.2h played

The worst city builder I have ever played. - What game in this year doesn't have a 'Continue'? - Lame story - The voice "acting" is terrible - The subtitles stray so far from what the characters are saying - The game

Helpful: 3