Games Similar To A Dark Room นิยาย & เรื่องราว

“Come on, Romeo. Before you change your mind over random beach girls.” I grinned, my eyes still on the woman as Lily dragged me toward the game room. “I can walk, you know,” I teased. Lily huffed. “Not taking any chances.” I let her pull me along, but my mind was still stuck on that mysterious beauty. The game room was lit up like a mini arcade, neon signs flashing across the walls. There were air hockey tables, basketball hoops, racing simulators, dartboards, and even VR stations. Lily’s eyes widened in excitement.

“Today, you’ll be running for your lives.” “What do you mean by that?” Zara asked, her tone skeptical. Darius’s smirk returned. “In this forest, there’s something hunting you—a dark figure that mimics your every move. It’s fast, and it gets faster with every mistake you make.” A chill ran down my spine. Esmeralda shifted uncomfortably beside me, her earlier confidence fading. Darius continued, his eyes gleaming with excitement. “You have to outrun it. If it catches you, let’s just say... it won’t be pretty. The shadow can cause serious physical damage—broken bones, deep gashes... Death. You get the idea.”

She opened the door and we snuck in as she quietly closed it again behind us. The room was big, but not as fancy as I had pictured it. I could see there were big lights hanging from the ceiling but with them all turned off, it just felt cold and dreary. There were several tables dotted around the room with different types of card games set out on them. Some with numbered and coloured machines right next to them. Slot machines sat around the edges of the room as I looked around and my eyes fell to a big black glassed table at the other end of the room with deep, expensive looking leather chairs around it.

I walked into the half-dark neon light room. There was a long table with three seats on each side. The room was so dark that I couldn't even see myself, let alone the other occupants. “BOSS!!” The dark room echoed with the voices of my killer-wolves elite assassins.

The same hands that had given me my brother's key, like it was the last thing he would ever do. Then I stood there with my arms crossed and let Julian pull me away. I didn't like him. I was sure of that. I had never been so sure of anything before. I just wanted my body to believe it. This isolation block was very different from the Dark Room. The Dark Room was a punishment with a set end date. There was no message, no clock, and no way to leave this place. The walls were older, thicker, built by men who never planned to let anything inside come back out. No carvings. No names. The boys who came here just disappeared.

The executive floor slowly emptied as the evening stretched deeper into night. One by one, office lights dimmed behind glass doors. The distant sounds of ringing phones and clicking keyboards faded until only silence remained across the twenty-eighth floor of Stewart Crown Tower. Marilyn sat alone at her desk outside Raymond’s office, staring blankly at the city lights glittering beyond the massive windows. Crystal City looked beautiful at night. Cold. Luxurious. Untouchable. Much like the man currently sitting inside the office behind her.

The common rooms downstairs were dark and empty, the other players either asleep or still out celebrating somewhere downtown. They walked up the stairs together, their boots making faint, familiar creaks against the old wooden steps. When Dante unlocked the door to his room, the golden light from the hallway spilled across the floorboards, illuminating the space. The room looked exactly the same as it had on Tuesday—the messy desk, the binders of film study notes, and the large whiteboard by the window. But the black marker lines on the board didn't look like a chaotic web of problems anymore. They just looked like a game.

But as I walked past, his eyes followed every step, warm enough to burn and cold enough to freeze at the same time. That was all the reaction he showed. And yet… it was more than I’d ever seen from him. The car ride was silent. Damien didn’t speak, and I didn’t have the courage to start. But when we arrived, I forgot how to breathe. It wasn’t a regular auction. It was a mafia playground. A long marble hall lit with golden sconces. Men in tailored suits, women dripping in diamonds. Armed guards standing like statues. Dark murals on the walls—roses choking skulls, thorned halos, painted suffering.

Because I couldn’t see clearly, I couldn’t outrun anyone, so I had to wait until everyone else picked their rooms. In the end, only the thirtieth floor was left for me. Since I was practically blind, the live chat went off again: 【She’s so dead. Everyone knows the higher the floor, the stronger the boss.】 【Especially the thirtieth floor—it’s all top-level bosses. They call it the House of Death.】 When I reached the thirtieth floor, I looked around. Honestly, it didn’t seem that different from a normal apartment. The only differences were the stronger smell of blood, the red walls, the cold air, and the dim lights.

A single red bulb ignited overhead, casting a bloody glow that bled across the walls, turning everything into shades of sin and secrets. I retreated further, my eyes darting wildly to avoid his piercing stare. Another step back, and hidden sensors triggered seamlessly. More red lights flickered on, one by one, like wicked eyes awakening in the darkness. The room revealed itself in intoxicating pulses of crimson, each new glow unveiling horrors and temptations I’d only read in dark romance novels.