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A Plunge into Darkness cover art

A Plunge into Darkness

Aldorlea · 2020-03-19

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

What happens when a group of friends decides to visit a mysterious, haunted castle? What started as a bit of fun is about to become a life-changing event for them. But the real question is: can they make it out of the castle alive?

A Plunge into Darkness is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $0.79, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 34 reviews).

0
playing now
74%
positive of 34 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.79
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Night falls on a group of friends roleplaying together, and as eyelids become heavy, bedtime seems to be the only option. But Sven has another idea. He wants to show his friends an old castle that hasn't been inhabited for centuries. Good or bad idea? Despite a bit of reluctance from some, the group enters the castle and decides to give it a short visit. What started as a bit of fun is about to become a life-changing event for them. But the real question is: can they make it out of the castle alive?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2023-02-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7302026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 38 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 73 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 64 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.372020-03-192026-08-242020-03-19 — best price $5.092020-10-27 — best price $1.192021-01-31 — best price $5.992021-05-05 — best price $1.122021-07-12 — best price $1.492021-09-30 — best price $5.992021-12-02 — best price $5.992022-01-24 — best price $1.202022-03-01 — best price $0.892022-05-13 — best price $1.202022-07-01 — best price $0.532022-08-22 — best price $5.992022-11-07 — best price $0.532022-12-31 — best price $5.992023-02-20 — best price $0.372023-04-04 — best price $0.372023-06-30 — best price $0.372023-10-01 — best price $0.592023-11-04 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $4.992024-01-30 — best price $4.992024-04-29 — best price $1.402024-06-30 — best price $0.582024-08-05 — best price $6.992024-10-21 — best price $0.582024-12-16 — best price $6.992025-01-11 — best price $6.992025-05-23 — best price $0.582025-07-11 — best price $6.992025-10-02 — best price $1.132026-01-13 — best price $1.502026-05-13 — best price $0.792026-08-24 — best price $0.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
2%
earned "Spiders Madness"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-09-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGDarkGoreIndieDemonsMysteryViolentRPGMakerStrategySurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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