Paintbucket made The Darkest Files 🕵️‍♀️

Babylon Berlin S5 may not be subbed yet but the Babylon Berlin game is and its free :ghost:

It’s already been more than a month since we’ve shown SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force to visitors from 131 different countries at @indiearenabooth.de! 🌍 We love watching you folks play 🥰 And look at the amazing presents from our community in the last picture!! 🧡

50 Steam reviews, and every single one is positive!! 🧡 Thank you so much to everyone who played A Night at Moka Efti: A #BabylonBerlin Story and took the time to leave a review. This makes us really happy! 🥹 Here’s to the next 50! 🥂 And don't get caught by the hat guy 👻

Hungry for a thrilling adventure in 1920s Berlin? 🥂 A dazzling nightclub. A mysterious murder. A trail of clues. And memories you can’t quite trust… Explore the famous #MokaEfti, the iconic nightclub from #BabylonBerlin, and try to find out the truth. Out now and FREE TO PLAY on Steam!

History game experts @paintbucket.de have made a 'Disco Elysium-like' for the German broadcaster ARD/SWR, set in the Babylon Berlin universe. The free game works even without prior knowledge of Babylon Berlin, and features great German voiceover. www.gamesmarket.global/a-night-at-m...

For browser users, enjoy our newest trailer in its full glory ✨ Moka Efti - A Babylon Berlin Story is RELEASED TODAY! 🥂 As a journalist, you’ll follow the clues to a mysterious case at the famous nightclub - but can you really trust your memories? You can now play the game for FREE ON STEAM! 🎉

Happy Release Day! @paintbucket.de A Night at Moka Efti: A #BabylonBerlin Story is out now and it's free! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3975470/...

What a great start to the weekend! We won the gamescom award in the category Games for Impact with our historical deduction game SOKO 1977: anti-terror task force 🥳 ❤️ Thank you to the jury and to everyone who voted for us - enjoy the last days of gamescom and visit us in the @indiearenabooth.de

Our @indiearenabooth.de booth has an original typewriter from the 70s! Can you imagine typing up your hands-on impressions on it? If you’d like to check out our latest project, SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force, we warmly invite you to visit us at the IAB in Hall 10.2!

SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force stands out thanks to a setting that hasn’t been featured in any other game to date! 🔍 Experience 70s West Germany within a stylized police environment grounded in extensive research 🎮 Play the game at the @indiearenabooth.de at this year's gamescom!

We're excited to reveal the very first trailer for our upcoming new game SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force! Our Steam page is now LIVE, and you can wishlist the game today to stay up to date and support us on our journey 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3856200/... #SOKO1977 #IndieGame #GameTrailer

The Darkest Files received an award at the @gamesforchange.bsky.social Festival in the category “Best in Learning” and we couldn’t be prouder! 🥳 This means the world to us. Thank you so much to the Games for Change jury and everyone who has supported us along the way! 🧡 #G4C2026 #GamesForChange

We're excited to announce a NEW DLC! The Darkest Files - Battalion. Once again, you get to solve a brand new and long-awaited case with Esther Katz. This time, though, it won't be so easy... She'll need all the help she can get! 🕵️‍♀️ #IndieGame #DetectiveGame #TrueCrime

We're at gamescom! 🎮 Visit our team at the @indiearenabooth.de in hall 10.2 and be among the first to get your hands on our newly announced game SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force! Could this year's IAB theme be any more fitting for the game? 🤩

The 2026 Indie Arena Booth lineup is live and we’re going NUTS over our trailer! 🌰🐿️ This year’s theme: “Democratree - Games for everyone”! We’re hosting 200+ fantastic indie games on our treehouse playground at gamescom 2026! 🌳 🎥 Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9v-...

Vom Blauen Teppich zurück an die Arbeit: Was ging ab nach dem #derDCP26, @paintbucket.de? 💻✨ @gameverband.bsky.social @games-stiftung.bsky.social @gamescomdev.bsky.social

Here's the German Disco Elysium: SWR X Lab and @paintbucket.de Games have revealed their Babylon Berlin game A Night in Moka Efti, a narrative psychological thriller RPG. It will release in September. www.gamesmarket.global/a-night-in-m...

Im September kommt die 5. Staffel von Babylon Berlin - flankiert von einem kostenlosen Spiel, das sich ab sofort auf die Steam-Wishlist setzen lässt. Entwickelt wird 'Eine Nacht im Moka Efti' von @paintbucket.de.

We're honored that The Darkest Files is nominated for Best in Community Empowerment & Best in Learning at #G4C2026! 🥳 We designed our game to make history tangible through personal stories and to support remembrance. Congrats to all the finalists! 🧡 #GamesForChange #IndieGameDev #G4CAwards

We're excited to announce our new game SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force, coming to Steam in early 2027! 🕵️ Set in 1970s West Germany, the game puts you in charge of a special police task force during a time of emergency. ➡️ More info on our website: paintbucket.de/en/projekte/...

We‘re in Stuttgart this weekend 🧡 📍 Find us in the Gamezone in the Staatsgalerie - entry is free! #ITFS #Stuttgart #indiegame

Today marks the anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism. We spoke at @derdcp.bsky.social about Fritz Bauer – forced to flee Germany, and later returning to fight for justice through the rule of law. His legacy reminds us that democracy is fragile and that remembrance matters.

🏆 Bestes Serious Game 🏆 Bestes Deutsches Spiel Mit 'The Darkest Files' gewinnt erstmals ein Serious Game den Preis für bestes deutsches Computerspiel des #derDCP 👉 paintbucket.de/projekte/the... @thedarkestfiles.paintbucket.de @paintbucket.de #erinnerungskultur #seriousgame #digitallearning

We’re still as blown away as before: The Darkest Files really won the DCP in the categories "Best Serious Game" and "Best German Game"!! 🥳 We‘re so grateful and congratulate the other nominees and winners. Thanks to everyone who kept their fingers crossed for us 🧡 Photo: Franziska Krug & DCP

5 Preise für die Capital Region beim @derdcp.bsky.social, darunter die Auszeichnung Bestes deutsches Spiel für THE DARKEST FILES von @paintbucket.de! Alle Auszeichnungen für Studios der Capital Region zeigen die Stärke des Standorts! Wir gratulieren allen Preisträger:innen! #MBBGefördert

Ein lesenswerter Beitrag von Henrik Oerding @oerding.bsky.social für @zeit.de zum @derdcp.bsky.social und dem Gewinner "Bestes Deutsches Spiel" 2026 "The Darkest Files" von @paintbucket.de www.zeit.de/digital/game...

Join us on Discord for a watch together of the @derdcp.bsky.social awards show! 🧡 Cheer us on, get some fun facts and hopefully celebrate with us devs 🥳 📅 When? TODAY 7:30 pm CET 📍 Where? 👉 discord.gg/the-darkest-...

500 reviews!! You did it, thank you everyone 🧡 The Darkest Files is overwhelmingly positive on Steam - we can‘t believe it 🥹 #indiedev #indiegames

Happy Trans Day of Visibility to you all! ✊🏳️‍⚧️

And in other Berlin indie-dev-related news, #TheDarkestFiles by the @paintbucket.de gang is now available on the Nintendo-Switchiest platform of them all. Chop, chop! Again. bsky.app/profile/thed...

We woke up to some incredible news today! The Darkest Files has been nominated for the @derdcp.bsky.social in no less than five categories! 🥳 Thank you to the jury and congratulations to the other nominees. We're really grateful to be alongside so many great names 🧡 See you in Munich! #derDCP

The Darkest Files is OUT NOW on #NintendoSwitch! 🕵️ Get your detective hat ready: our historical investigation game about Fritz Bauer's quest for justice in 50s Germany is finally available. Do you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court? 👉 Buy now: www.nintendo.com/de-de/Spiele...

Spielung zu The Darkest Files: 🗓️ Fr, 27.03.2026 ⏰ 18:00–20:00 Uhr 📍 Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 🎟️ Eintritt frei Live Diskussion über die Ursprünge des heutigen Rechtsextremismus und das Vermittlungspotential von Games. 👉 Hier anmelden: www.berlin.de/politische-b...

Spielung zu The Darkest Files: 🗓️ Fr, 27.03.2026 ⏰ 18:00–20:00 Uhr 📍 Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 🎟️ Eintritt frei Live Diskussion über die Ursprünge des heutigen Rechtsextremismus und das Vermittlungspotential von Games. 👉 Hier anmelden: www.berlin.de/politische-b...

Die @omasgr.bsky.social haben The Darkest Files gespielt und wir durften sie dabei filmen! Lust auf ein entschleunigtes Let’s Play mit persönlichen Anekdoten und herzlichem Commentary? Hier geht's zum YouTube-Video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPty... #OmasGegenRechts

❗GET READY, DETECTIVES🕵️‍♀️ We’re excited to finally let the cat out of the bag 😻 Happy to announce that you’ll be able to play The Darkest Files on the #NintendoSwitch on March 30! Finally, you can take Esther Katz’s real cases with you wherever you go. Mark your calendars!

is there a better start in the week than waking up to a review like this? Thank you so much! 🧡

@lhaasis.bsky.social (Gamelab Oldenburg) führte in der 10b ein Projekt zum Serious Game „The Darkest Files“ durch, das sich an den Fällen von #FritzBauer orientiert. Die SuS erkundeten dabei die juristische Aufarbeitung von NS-Verbrechen – ein starkes Beispiel moderner #Erinnerungskultur. #blueLZ

Spring cleaning… but it’s your emotional baggage🌷 Vampire Therapist is on sale now on Steam!

We got visited by two of the "Omas Gegen Rechts" ("Grannies Against the Right") @omasgr.bsky.social 🧡 Can you guess what we are up to? 🕵️‍♀️

We're part of the Steam Spring Sale with 35% off The Darkest Files! And if you'd like to take it outside, the game runs on the Steam Deck as well 🌞

You decide 🤔

Barbara Yelin will be Germany's very first professor of comics. Congratulations! 🥳 We're proud to say our game "Forced Abroad" - a visual novel about a forced laborer - features her illustrations. Play for free on mobile: paintbucket.de/de/game/forc...