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Eternal Darkness

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem is a Nintendo GameCube exclusive psychological horror game with heavy sanity elements. Created by Silicon Knights, this M-rated horror game sees players guide Alexandra Roivas through a spooky mansion. The game also lets players explore other time periods as other characters in order to flesh out the mysterious narrative.

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Action-Adventure
Released
June 24, 2002
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ due to Animated Blood and Gore, Animated Violence
Developer(s)
Silicon Knights
Publisher(s)
Nintendo

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem is a Nintendo GameCube exclusive psychological horror game with heavy sanity elements. Created by Silicon Knights, this M-rated horror game sees players guide Alexandra Roivas through a spooky mansion. The game also lets players explore other time periods as other characters in order to flesh out the mysterious narrative.

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