I am first-and-foremost an adventure game fan, and this is one of my all-time favorites.
I love Dark Fall, both 1&2 (hated 3). You just got hints of the characters through letters lying around and everything, yet I love the characters. They are so well fleshed out and interesting, and of course the plot is awesome too. There's so many details, both with characters and backstory, I love it. This was also one of the first games that I thought of ghosts, not as zombies trying to kill you, but just confused beings that were ripped violently from this world before their time. These ghosts didn't try to kill you, and I actually fell deeply for them. (I felt the 3rd game ruined the characters; don't get me started).
So yes, I would put "Dark Fall: The Journal" in my Top 5, and "Lights Out" amongst my Top 10 favorite games of all time. I love Jonathan Boakes' other games, besides Dark Fall 3, and yes.
Oh, and Lights Out, I loved too. I didn't feel the characters as deeply as the first one, but I loved exploring the lighthouse, and the giftshop. <3 So full of love for these games.