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A Dump in the Dark cover art

A Dump in the Dark

Oubliette · 2018-01-24

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your cheeks will quiver in fear, as ghastly ghouls accost your rear. You will gape in horror, as you face the dark. Only your rump can guide you through.

A Dump in the Dark is a $0.74 Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2018, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 422 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 422 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.74
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 422 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-04-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
400Jan 2017Dec 2023Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 15Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 22May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 11Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 17Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2022 — avg 39 · peak 979Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 92Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 297Apr 2023 — avg 18 · peak 887Jun 2023 — avg 31 · peak 460Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 106Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12

▲ +2 avg players vs prior month — Dec 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.392017-01-132026-08-142017-01-13 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-29 — best price $1.992018-03-15 — best price $0.982018-08-03 — best price $0.592018-11-01 — best price $2.992019-01-08 — best price $0.502019-03-11 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $0.692019-11-01 — best price $1.992020-01-27 — best price $0.492020-10-30 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-02-12 — best price $0.492021-06-12 — best price $1.992021-10-29 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-09-14 — best price $1.992022-12-01 — best price $0.692023-01-30 — best price $1.992023-04-14 — best price $0.392023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-11-02 — best price $2.992024-01-24 — best price $0.592024-04-05 — best price $2.992024-07-27 — best price $0.742024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $0.742025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $0.592026-01-28 — best price $2.992026-05-27 — best price $0.892026-08-14 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
15.9%
earned "Liquid Fudge!"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4635%10

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreFunnyIndieMemesActionCasualHorrorNudityViolentStrategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.