- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (Platinum Difficulty Poll)
- Offline trophies: 38 (21, 12, 4, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 15+ hours (Estimated Time to Platinum)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 2 + possible partial playthroughs
- Number of missable trophies: 18
- Glitched trophies: 3 (and 1 that doesn't work properly) - You Can’t Keep Me Out! doesn't unlock upon opening all doors and safes; Radical Acceptance and One of the Thousand Young are bugged, as the objective you need to complete fails to trigger; and Teetotaller can only be completed with Edward (despite the same mechanics for this trophy working across both characters, which makes no sense as to why it would only unlock when you play as Edward).
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No - you can play on Easy, if you like.
Introduction:
Alone in the Dark is a remake of the cult classic 1992 survival horror, and it stars David Harbour as Edward Carnby and Jodie Comer as Emily Hartwood. In it, you'll return to the original game's Derceto Manor, in a Southern Gothic storyline that stirs in Lovecraftian weirdness and a menagerie of lumpen monsters. There are some neat puzzles to figure out, a bit of clunky combat to contend with, and a fair bit of exploration to be done, especially if you want to gather all of the game's lagniappes (collectibles).
You'll need to complete at least two playthroughs, using the first one to methodically gather every collectible, so you can use the second as your speedrun playthrough for I Don’t Got All Night trophy, potentially combined with the Teetotaller trophy. This involves completing the story without necking booze from your flask to heal, which can be tricky, even at Easy difficulty.
A bit janky it might be, but there's some fun to be had in Alone in the Dark, if you're able to look beyond the game's various bugs and other issues. Despite some glitched trophies (see above), this is an otherwise straightforward completion, especially with a bit of tactical saving (you have ten manual save slots available to you). Alone in the Dark isn't the best horror game out there, but try to enjoy yourself, yeah?
Walkthrough:
Step 1: Complete the story and collect all of the lagniappes, clues, locked doors, etc.
Ideally, your first playthrough should be taken at a leisurely pace, taking your time to track down every lagniappe collectible; unlocking every door, lock, and safe; finding every clue; and completing every additional dialogue with NPCs. It doesn't matter which difficulty you play at, or which character you choose to tackle the story with initially. Making a save at the beginning of Chapter 4 is also a good idea, as you can then use certain completed lagniappe sets to unlock alternate endings, earning several additional trophies in the process. There's also a bug causing lagniappe collectibles to be lost upon completing the game, so being able to go back and reload a save is crucial.
During your first playthrough, you can potentially unlock the following trophies:
Welcome to Derceto
The Thin Veneer of Civilization
Whatever It Takes
Come At Me!
Now You're On the Trolley!
On the Mend
In Between There Are Doors
Left Holding the Bag
Found and Lost
Somewhere Else Entirely
Drop Me Off In New Orleans
Losing My Mind
Where I Belong
I Abandoned Him or I Stole the Child and Let Him Drown
When Therapy Makes It Worse
The Past as a Present
Frenzy
Back to Normal
Case Closed or Safe and Sound
Don’t Mind If I Do
Watch Out Where You’re Waving That Thing
Bonfire Night
Hard Boiled
Gangster
An Honest Day’s Work
Step 2: Complete a second playthrough as the character you haven't played as yet, mopping up any collectibles only available as that character
If you played first as Emily, play as Edward for your second playthrough, and vice versa. You'll need to complete more optional dialogues for the Chatterbox trophy, and you can attempt to nab the I Don’t Got All Night and Teetotaller trophies while you're at it, playing on Easy. This might be a little tight, however, so you may require a third playthrough. You can also make judicious use of manual saves to make your life easier.
This should step should unlock:
Chatterbox
Nobody Knows What Happened
What Just Happened?
Radical Acceptance
One of the Thousand Young
You Can’t Keep Me Out! -glitched-
Look At All the Free Stuff I Got!
Librarian
Step 3: Load up your Chapter 4 save to unlock alternate endings if you haven't already, final mop-up
If you've yet to unlock the alternate endings using completed lagniappe sets, you can do that now. And, should your attempts at Teetotaller and I Don’t Got All Night have fallen short, a third playthrough might be in order. Hopefully, this shouldn't take you too long, as you should have Derceto Manor and its puzzles fairly well mapped out in your head at this point. Get everything done, and you'll earn the Alone in the Dark . Phew.
Conclusion:
Alone in the Dark is a fairly easy completion, albeit one hampered by bugs and a handful of glitched trophies. Keeping hold of a manual save at the opening of Chapter 4 will alleviate a lot of headaches, as you can always load it up and unlock the game's extra endings, providing you have the requisite lagniappe sets. Happy hunting!