KARMA: The Dark World — Walkthrough

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person psychological thriller set in an alternate East Germany in 1984.

In a utopian world, the Leviathan Corporation exercises total control over society through constant surveillance, a strict class system, and mind-altering drugs. The player assumes the role of Daniel McGovern, a wandering agent of the Thought Bureau, who can enter the minds of suspects to investigate crimes and find the truth.

As Daniel delves into the memories of others, he encounters dark secrets and begins to question the reality of what is happening. The game draws inspiration from the works of David Lynch, Hideo Kojima, and Christopher Nolan, which is reflected in its surreal and abstract style.

KARMA: The Dark World is powered by Unreal Engine 5. It was released on March 27, 2025 on PC and PlayStation 5. An Xbox Series X|S version will be released later.

Walkthrough

In this walkthrough, we will show you the locations of all the notes hidden in the game. You will also learn how to find the rules tests and which answers are correct. All of this will reward you with the following achievements:

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• 61 notes - Passion for collecting
• 1 guessed rules test - Following the rules
• 15 guessed rules tests (1 already guessed) - Collector from "Leviathan"

Hospital

After waking up, look around. Pay attention to the framed photo, then go to the mirror above the sink and look into it. On the table, you will find note 1/61. The door is locked for now, so go to the window and look at the body lying by the road.

After that, turn around - the door is now open. Exit the ward and head to the calibration room. Sit in the chair and adjust the screen brightness. Go to the next room and select the volume level. In the third room, adjust the field of view.

Proceed to the cultivation hall. Move forward, then turn right. On the right, on one of the devices, there is a note 2/61 - study it. Next, go to the door of the transition room and try to open it. At this point, an unknown person will contact you.

Turn around, pick up the nearest corpse and carry it forward and to the right, to a pile of other bodies. After throwing the body, go into the transition room.

Before sitting in the chair, look around - to the right of the old man there is an object that you can interact with. This is a prize for following the rules 1/15. Your task is to determine which figure continues the sequence. The correct answer is: press the green button. As a reward, you will receive the "Dr. Jurgen Waltz" prize. Now sit in the chair opposite the old man.

Go forward and activate the LAMB cassette. Then, holding LMB, interact with the cubes, and then with the cards. You can choose any options on the monitors, as this does not affect the further passage.

Research Institute

Move forward and talk to Fred Ebert. Before entering the room, take note 3/61 from the board. Go through the door and examine the table on the left, where note 4/61 is. Then leave the office through another door. There are some boxes nearby - look inside them to find a capsule. Open it and read note 5/61. Opposite you will see another capsule, which contains note 6/61 - read it. On the right, in one of the pipes, you will notice a prize for following the rules 2/15. The correct answer is blue. For the correct solution, you will receive the prize "Engineer Wilhelm Puschel". Then go to the pneumatic tube, insert the card into the left slot and pull the levers on the right. After opening the capsule, you will receive a mission briefing (note 7/61).

Investigation

Take the access card and return to the stairs. Climb one flight, examine the railing and take note 8/61. Go up to the second floor. Move along the corridor to the desk on the right. There is a diary on it (note 9/61) - examine it. Note that there used to be a painting opposite the desk. According to the diary, it depicted a clock - this is the key to the password for Becker's computer. Take note 10/61 from the warehouse. Try using your access card - the door will not open. To get inside, you will need an office manager's ID. Look around next to the desk and the door - there is a telescreen device here. Insert the card into it and examine the three entries. One of them shows a painting with a clock, which says 8:15. This is the password for Becker's desk - enter 0815. The drawer will open, and you will be able to take the access card to the warehouse. Use it to get inside.

On the table to the right you will find a lipstick with playing suits scratched on it: clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades. On one of the shelves lies note 11/61 - read it. You cannot open the red box yet. Move to the left, turn the corner and crawl into the open ventilation. Continue moving along the ventilation shafts until you find yourself in the red room. Turn around and notice an electrical panel with a place for a fuse. Move the fallen cabinet to create a shortcut back.

Enter the spacious office and examine the table on the left. Barbara's diary (note 12/61) lies on it - examine it. The drawer of this table contains the prize for following the rules 3/15. It's already solved, there's no figurine inside, but pay attention: the correct answer is crossed out, and it's the password to Barbara Fisher's desk - 7742. Enter the code to open the box and collect the prize "Rozvita Mokrosh figurine". Now stand with your back to Barbara's desk and move along the left tables. The far table has a panel for entering the password, and on the floor next to it lies a Shawn Mendes plaque. In another part of the office, find a school board - there's a note hanging on it 13/61.

Go to Emily Neumann's workplace. Open the middle drawer and find a lipstick case. In the warehouse, you already found a lipstick with engraved card suits. There is a note hanging above Emily's desk that will help you match the suits and numbers:

• Clubs - 6
• Diamonds - 8
• Hearts - 4
• Spades - 3

These numbers make up the password to Emily's desk - 6843. Enter it to open the drawer and find Emily's diary (note 14/61). From the diary, it becomes clear that Shawn Mendes uses today's date as a password and changes it daily. The entry is dated April 30. Go to his desk and enter 3004. Take the sample and head back. However, you won't be able to return the usual way - the door will be blocked. Instead, a passage on the left will open. Use it and move through the next door.

Guilty

You will find yourself in a room with tightly drawn scarlet curtains on the windows. Go to the TV, then turn right and find the 4/15 Rules Prize on the chair. Indicate the correct answer - red. As a reward, you will receive the "Legendary Traveling Agent Cooper" prize. Move further along the corridor, and at the door standing on the pedestal, pick up note 15/61. There is also note 16/61 there. Cross this area back and forth several times until a new passage appears behind the TV. Then enter the elevator.

You will find yourself in a laboratory. Remove the voice recorder hanging on the wall, and take the cassette from the table (note 17/61). Go through the next door, go straight along the corridor and pick up the lantern lying behind the bars on the right. Only after this will the path further become accessible. Upon entering the new lab, examine the table on the right and take the tape (note 18/61). Move the gurney to proceed further. At the end of the corridor, there will be another lab room - there is a tape (note 19/61) on the table. After exiting the lab, you will be thrown back. Interact with the monitor and hold the F key. Jump into the pit, move to the tables on the left and take note 20/61.

Go through any available door - you will again find yourself in the room with the family, a TV and a dining table. Find note 21/61 on the table. Then follow the corridor to the left to Grace's room. Pick up the teddy bear with a severed leg (dad) and read note 22/61.

Return to the family and go through the far door leading back to the office. After that, open any door again. Returning to the apartment, examine the table on the right - there is note 23/61. Take the teddy bear (mother) from the chair, and find note 24/61 on the sofa in front of the TV. Move along the corridor and insert the teddy bear (father) into the left hole, and mother - into the right. Look into Grace's bedroom on the right - a small teddy bear will appear inside. Wait for a while until a girl's mannequin with a toy appears in the doorway. Take the teddy bear (daughter) and place it in the third hole.

Now you have to choose the doors in the correct order to exit the maze. If you complete this stage without mistakes, you will receive the "War is Peace" achievement. The correct order:

• Right door
• Left door
• Left door

The correct sequence of words will sound on the phone: war, peace, freedom, slavery, ignorance, strength. Follow the girl until you reach the opportunity to jump into the hole.

You will find yourself in a black and white room. Take note 25/61 from the table. Then go to Grace's room and examine note 26/61. Leave the location until you return to the post office. Sit down and load the collected evidence into the capsule, then leave the institute.

Night Street

Follow the road. In the open area, where three employees of the Bureau of Thoughts are banging on the door, look in the opposite direction - there is a smoking janitor. Behind him is a prize for compliance with the rules 5/15. The correct answer is blue. As a reward, receive the prize "Janitor Piotr Kowalski". Continue on your way and head to the gate to the left of the scaffold.

The Bureau of Thoughts

After leaving the office, pay attention to the screen on the left to initiate the scanning procedure. If you complete it correctly, you will unlock the "Velvet" achievement. Correct answers:

1. Continue diving
2. Inspect the room
3. Ask MOTHER for help

Go to the hall and move to the right, to the reception desk. Inspect it, then go around to the left to find a prize for following the rules 6/15. The correct answer is blue. As a reward, you will receive the prize "Wandering Agent Sandra Behling". Then enter room 1102, sit on the chair and begin interrogating Shawn Mendes. After the conversation, take the helmet located on the left.

Monster

Approach the illuminated pedestal to make the box appear and take it. Move through the office crouched, and after the cutscene, run to the door on the left and go down the stairs. Once you reach the bottom floor, crawl into the ventilation duct.

Move through the ventilation, guided by the light of the garland. At a certain point, you will be able to turn left - in the dead end you will find a note "Rumors (ventilation shaft)" and a test on compliance with the rules 7/15 . Answer: red . As a reward, you will receive a figurine of the writer Simon Syme .

You'll find yourself in a room littered with monitors. There are four dog statues in this room, each holding a note in its mouth: Equipment Disposal Notice , Employee Diary 01 , Employee Observation Log , and Employee Diary 02 . Pick up the color-bar TV and carry it to the pile of broken devices in the corner.

Then return to the center of the room and stand so that through the open door in the pile of TVs you can see another open door. Go through it.

Job

Take your place at work. Your task is to stamp forms. If you do not make any mistakes during the work, you will receive the achievement "Model Employee" . To do this, follow the instructions: use the red pad on the right every three stamps. If the screen starts to get cloudy, put the stamp back in the center of the circle and take the remedy from the bottle. Continue until the process is completed automatically.

After work, take the note "SH-507 Analysis Report" from the TV . Leave the workroom and in the next room with many screens, find the 8/15 Rules Compliance Test inside one of the TVs (far right) . Answer: yellow . As a reward, you will receive the figurine of the clerk Akim Heidelauf .

Move on. Take the TV out of the freezer and place it on the body of the sitting man. Then the pursuit will begin - run away from the monster until you return to the pedestals. Pick up the doll key and use it on the pedestal on the right. A doll house will appear, which you can interact with. Use the key, talk to Shawn Mendes , then put the helmet back on. Go to the third pedestal and turn on the voice recorder.

Exchange

Sean's lab , first examine the table on the right and pick up the note "Electromagnetism Lab Monthly Plan 3302" . Then turn around and find the 9/15 Rules Compliance Test in the corner . Answer: Green . As a reward, you will receive the Franz Sidek botanist figurine . A little to the left, on the wall, is the note "Improving the capabilities of the control terminal" .

Go to the computer and insert the card. Now a series of tests awaits:

1. Install two spirals - one on the left, one on the right (top or bottom).
2. Add a horizontal line to the right in the empty space.
3. Rearrange the elements so that there is a straight line on the left and two spirals on the right (top and bottom).

Afterwards, try to leave the lab. Activate the terminal to the right of the door, select the commands and hold E . When the door becomes available, go out into the corridor. Pick up the note "Institute Notification (Demotion)" from the bench on the left , then move on.

When the man and woman leave the room, pay attention to the note "Project Delivery Document Elevator" to the right of the elevator. Go to the right and on the table with the phone find the note Wachstum 006 (cassette) . In the drawer of the same table lies "Old Letter" . A little further, on the dashboard, is another note "Improving the capabilities of the control terminal" and the tape Wachstum 007 .

Go to the code entry panel and enter 2107 - Lucas's date of birth . Take the C card , insert it into the computer, then view the email and start device 02 (elevator) . Go downstairs.

After going down, examine the equipment on the left and find the note "Handwritten note (freezer)" . From the wall on the right, take the note "Important points regarding the Lucas project" . Go to the end of the corridor and crawl through the ventilation.

Once out, go around the tables and grab the axe . Destroy the mannequin, then return to the figure by the door and destroy it. Continue moving using the run and hide behind tall objects to avoid being knocked down by the strong air flow.

Nightmare

In the terminal on the right, pick up the note Wachstum 008 (cassette) and continue on your way. Go through several doors and watch the cutscenes.

Childhood

Leave the children's room and find the 10/15 Rules Quiz on the table to the left of the sofa . Answer: Yellow . As a reward, you will receive a figurine of toy designer Mustafi Mandel . Sit at the table with your parents, and then hide in the closet.

Home hall

Find the hotspot and press LMB to turn on the light. Go to the living room and sit in the chair opposite Rachel Weisz. Take the lighter from the table and light it. Begin the interrogation. Put on the helmet. Go to the left pedestal and interact with the phone.

After talking to the professor, take the note "Experiment Notes (Lucas)" on the right. Then place the voice recorder in the pneumatic tube and pull the lever. Insert the card into the computer and delete the two letters. A cutscene will begin.

MOTHER

Open the desk drawer and take the note "Addition Operation". Leave the nursery, turn left and enter the first room. In the bathroom, on the toilet tank on the left, you will find a test for compliance with the 11/15 rules.

The correct answer is red. For this you will receive a figurine of the worker Charlotte Chaplin. Go to the next room, this is the office. Open the desk drawer under the desk lamp and take the note "Investigation Report".

Go to your mother and help her put the plates on the table. Then go to the office and turn off the radio. Go back, and then go to the parents' bedroom, where you need to take the bottle of painkillers and put it on the shelf to the left of your mother.

The tasks will start repeating. It is not known whether it is necessary to do this, but try to go into the parents' bedroom and pull back the curtain. Then go to the study, turn the globe to the right and you will see an eye. In the left corner of the study (from the entrance), among the scattered books, an interactive object will appear. Pick it up and place it on the shelf nearby. The books are marked with Roman numerals from I to IV. Arrange them in order of the year of publication - 1984. That is, book I - on "1", II - on "9" and so on. A secret passage will open.

Illusion

Go to the far room where there is a computer on the table. Pick up the note "Report on an animal experiment". Find an old camera on the left and interact with it. Hold RMB, scroll the mouse wheel twice and shoot the eye with LMB to make it disappear. Then hold RMB again to remove the camera.

To regain the passage, take out your camera, focus on the eye, adjust the zoom and take a photo.

Examine the paper airplane that flies in - it's a note "Newspaper (explosion)". Return to the previous room, unfold the board and take a picture of the eye. After that, you will be able to take a picture of the eye on the locked grate.

Once you're back in the house, turn the globe and take a picture of the eye. Pull back the curtain in your parents' bedroom and take a picture of the eye on the window. Head to where the passage to the kitchen was, take out the camera and look at the eye. Step back and the door to the bathroom will open by itself. Take a picture. Head to the kitchen, but your mother will no longer be there.

There will be a knock on the door. Go to the entrance, turn around and see the Mother monster. A battle with her will begin. If you win without a single defeat, you will receive the achievement "She is not my mother!" To destroy the Mother, you need to photograph the eye on her back three times while she is watching TV. Be careful - she can kill you the moment you use the camera!

To find the Mother, watch the water under your feet. When she appears, make sure she's heading towards the TV, then shoot the eye on her back. After the second shot, the rooms will start flooding (while the camera is inactive). To keep the water from rising, keep your camera equipped. If you die and want to get the achievement, reload the last checkpoint. Then leave the apartment.

Go into the bedroom on the left. There's a painting hanging above the bed. Step back, take out your camera and take a picture of the eye. Then go into the kitchen and turn into a small niche on the left where there's a black painting. Set up your camera and take a picture of the eye.

A new door will open. Go through it and turn left. Take the torn page from the table and attach it to the same torn page on the wall on the right. Take the note "Observation Diary 01". The note states the time - 05:17. Set it on the wall clock. Look through the hole on the right and hear Rachel talking to the institute representative.

In the kitchen, to the left of the sink, find a handwritten note (business). Open the refrigerator and take out the 12/15 Rules Compliance Test. The answer is yellow. Get the Wolfgang Parsans veteran figurine.

In the room with the TV, on the couch, find the note "Leviathan: Weekly Summary". In the bedroom, on the table, find the note "Job Offer from the Winston Research Institute". Return to the bedroom before the room with the clock. The cabinet will be slightly open, with hands reaching out of it. Give them the letter with the job offer. Take the torn page and use it on the wall in the room with the clock. Examine the note "Observation Diary 02".

Set the clock to 07:31 and look through the hole again. Return to the kitchen, take the handwritten note (new location) from the table. Find the note "Response from the Department of Veterans Affairs" by the TV. Take the note "Guest List" on the chair in the bedroom.

Give the list to the stranger in the back bedroom closet. Take the torn page and place it in the room with the clock. Study the note "Observation Log 03". Set the clock to 09:43 and look through the hole again.

Go down the street, turn into the basement. Examine the table, take the note "Letter from the building manager" and the key. Before opening room 108, take the test on compliance with the rules 13/15 on the windowsill at the end of the corridor.

The answer is blue. As a reward, you will receive a figurine of criminologist Rachel Stangerton. Enter room 108 and interact with the letter on the windowsill.

Love

Once in the building with the chapel, approach Rachel at the gurney. Go forward and remove the heart from the body. Go back, take a picture of the man's face and go to the closet on the left. Give the heart to the Wardrobe Attendant. Next, lure the monster onto the protruding arms and take a picture of his face in the chest. Repeat the process several times, giving hearts to the Wardrobe Attendant.

Heart

Fire the gun, move the cart forward. Go to the second pedestal and interact with the photo.

The Lamb Family

Enjoy the cutscene.

Amber Blood

Once you get into the elevator, turn around and pick up the 14/15 Rule Compliance Test.

• Answer: green. As a reward, you will receive a figurine of watchmaker Michaela Schafer.
• Go to the office ahead, find the note "Newspaper (Fred's office)" on the table .
• On the side table is a biography of Fred Ebert .
• "Unsent email" on your desktop .
• In the drawer of the same desk is the "Reporting Letter" .

Insert the book on the shelf, then interact with the books and the wall clock. You need to decipher the code - 0150. Enter it under one of the clocks on the bookshelf to open the passage to the secret office.

Inside, on the left edge of the desktop, take the note "Official Report of the Gold Rush Committee" .

Take Daniel's photo from the coffee table , take Sean's photo from the board, and get Daniel's parents' photo from the dead Fred Ebert's hands . Rachel's photo should already be in your inventory.

Go to the board and arrange the photos in the correct order:

• Daniel's photo is top right.
• Rachel's photo is below.
• Sean's photo is on the left.
• Photo of parents is in the center.

Is it true

Head towards the elevator, but when the hallway starts to collapse, run back and interact with the door. Watch the cutscene.

Virus

Run away, take the left passage and jump into the pit. Pick up the 15/15 Rules Compliance Test on the couch on the left .

• Answer: red. As a reward you will receive a figurine of Secretary Madeleine Fidorri .
• Continue down the corridor, then run while holding LMB on the white sphere.

Brother and sister

Follow Lisa and hold LMB to restore memories. After a long cutscene, take a photo of the family and enjoy the end credits. Then a post-credit scene awaits you.