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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · 6d

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This game hooked me and I played through it in one setting. It is so well-made, I love the art style and how it plays. It feels so incredibly applicable to the world today. The scene of Esther seeing her friend taken away could have taken place in present day USA as ICE kidnaps children and families off the street. I loved the game a lot and I so hope there will be more cases!

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · 15d

Hey there,
The Darkest Files is an escapist, power fantasy in which you can bring fascists to court and send them to jail.
It tells a tale from the rule of law age, which your grandparents might still remember.
It is also 20% off right now on Steam — so get yourself a copy now!

The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · Mar 25

The Darkest Files is OUT NOW on Steam! 🔎
After 4 years of development, our historical investigation game about Fritz Bauer's quest for justice in 1950s Germany is finally available.
Uncover the truth. Confront the past. Serve justice.
Buy and play today:

store.steampowered.com/app/2058730/...

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André Bernhardt @indieadvisor.bsky.social · Sep 12

Which Berlin indie game studios are on Bsky? Help me out for a little starter package in the future please:
@paintbucket.de @megagonindustries.bsky.social @toukana.bsky.social @byterockers.games @tametick.bsky.social @bildundtonfabrik.bsky.social @happybroccoligames.bsky.social

#sharingiscaring

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Sep 10

Hurra! \o/

unsere Visual Novel "Max Mannheimer – Ben Jakov – Eine Holocaust-Geschichte" – wurde von der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur zur App des Monats gewählt!

apps.apple.com/de/app/max-m...

play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Illustration: Max Mannheimer mit Pinsel, im Hintergrund Menschen und ein Lagergebäude. Auszeichnung „App des Monats“.

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Toukana | Star Birds 🐤✨ | Dorfromantik 🏡 @toukana.bsky.social · Sep 10

Our game Star Birds launches in Early Access TODAY! Take flight & explore the stars.

- Space Game x Wholesome Game
- Factory Building x Story Mission
- Toukana x kurzgesagt

👉 Get Star Birds now on Steam!

#indiegame #earlyaccess

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · Sep 9

The Darkest Files - as seen on CNN
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/08/e...

Nazi investigation and prosecution video game ‘The Darkest Files’ | CNN

The historical investigation and court room game features stories based on crimes committed by Nazis during WWII. Rick Damigella reports.

edition.cnn.com

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Sep 5

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Sep 5

Our friend just launched his wonderful historical pixel art adventure Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders.
If you are into historical crime solving - and something tells me us that you are 🕵️ - go and get it now! 🔥

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders 📯 OUT NOW @homonarransstudio.bsky.social · Aug 7

📯📯📯ANNOUNCEMENT📯📯📯
Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders
🗓️ Launching Sep 4th 2025

🔍 Search clues and quiz suspects
🔀 Draw your own conclusions
🔪 Choices affect multiple endings
⛪️ Explore late 19thC pixel-art Leipzig
🇩🇪 Authentic German voicing

Wishlist on Steam!
👉👉 s.team/a/1841190

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Sep 3

Thank you for your kind words! 🧡

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Flatfoots and Fools: A Podcast about Detective Games @flatfootsandfools.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yesterday I finished The Darkest Files from @paintbucket.de. The ending brought me to tears, and I can tell I will be thinking about it for some time. It showed the human face of an otherwise impersonal system of injustice, and highlighted how that system needs people to sustain it.

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Sep 1

playing the music is fine with us - looking forward to your stream

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Aug 31

the standard edition includes the full game. The Complete Edition adds an art and facts book, emojis, stickers and a soundtrack, which we ofc recommend, but you won't miss out on any gameplay content if you just buy the Standard Edition.
There are 13 hours left to get a 20% discount on Steam 😀

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Aug 20

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · Aug 20

We won! 🥳 Thank you so much for recognizing our efforts to make The Darkest Files accessible to more players. We believe everyone should get the chance to play the games they want and we are grateful for all the feedback we got along the way 🧡

#GamingOhneGrenzen

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Aug 20

Thanks a lot and yes, we will release on Switch!

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Aug 19

Thank you for the amazing trailer!

Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Was super cool seeing our trailer for @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de up during the Gamescom showcase!

Great moment and recognition for @paintbucket.de!

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · Aug 19

We‘re so proud to share that we were part of this special Gamescom moment: Opening Night Live!

Thank you for including us and other games that are more than entertainment and that have the potential to inspire change.

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PaintBucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @paintbucket.de · Aug 15

Ja, wir sind gerade dabei The Darkest Files für die Switch zu optimieren!

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Saftladen Indie Games Collective 🍊 @saftladen.bsky.social · Aug 15

As we all know the game industry is going through very turbulent times, unfortunately this has also affected several members of our collective. The silver lining is that one of the largest rooms in our coworking space in Berlin will be available from September 1st.

More info in thread...

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · Aug 15

If you are reading this, thank you! We want to invite you to a cozy community meetup. 🧡 Join us at our booth on Thursday at 2 pm and grab some special merch - we’re excited to meet you!

📍 Hall 10.2: Play games about past and current politics, democracy, its challenges, and its importance

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Nina Kiel @beurkeek.bsky.social · Jul 27

Please sign this petition to oppose censorship from payment processors and extremists!

It's made and supported by female and gender-marginalised people working in games. Collective Shout does not speak for us. They can't silence us. We will continue to stand up for freedom of expression in games.

Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung

Save games from censorship

chng.it

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Totally Not Aliens @totallynotaliens.bsky.social · Jul 24

We're happy to announce that, from today, All Quiet in the Trenches will be available as part of the Games That Remember Steam bundle, alongside the amazing game The Darkest Files by @paintbucket.de

store.steampowered.com/bundle/55560...

Save 11% on Games That Remember on Steam

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The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️ @darkestfiles.paintbucket.de · Jul 25

We're part of Games Forged in Germany! 🥳 Check out all these amazing games by fellow German devs 🧡 Which game are you playing next?

➡️ store.steampowered.com/sale/Games-F...

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Alex Koenig @trumpfass.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pro-Tipp: Das schauen und dann The Darkest Files von @paintbucket.de zocken!

Fritz Bauer Institut @fritzbauerinstitut.bsky.social · Jul 23

#Filmempfehlung

🎞️ Aktuell wieder verfügbar in der ARTE-Mediathek:
Nach einer wahren Geschichte – Nazijäger Fritz Bauer (27 Min).

Ein Blick auf den mutigen Staatsanwalt, der Adolf Eichmann jagte und die Auschwitz-Prozesse möglich machte.

📅 Online bis 22.09.2025.
👉 buff.ly/jx7TSFS

#ARTE #Doku

Nach einer wahren Geschichte - Nazijäger Fritz Bauer

Die ganze Doku | ARTE

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Janna Krone @jannakrone.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ich habe neulich mit @domschott.bsky.social über "The Darkest Files" gesprochen, das Spiel, bei dem wir mit der Kraft der Juristerei Nazis vor Gericht bringen, und wir hatten viel Spaß dabei. Sowohl mit dem Spiel als auch mit dem Podcast.
www.gamespodcast.de/2025/07/22/t...

The Darkest Files | The Pod

www.gamespodcast.de

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