The Game Census
A Walk in the Dark cover art

A Walk in the Dark

· 2013-11-07

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 04, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 19, 2017 (Xbox One)

In this action platformer you play as a cat, Bast, running through a dark fantasy world. You’ll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it wont be easy. In the dark you never know what lies in the shadows.

0
playing now
80%
positive of 389 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 49% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2021-01-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days · $5.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.742015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — best price $2.792015-04-20 — best price $3.492015-08-24 — best price $3.492015-11-25 — best price $2.442016-02-05 — best price $2.442016-03-28 — best price $2.002016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-09-26 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $6.992017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-10-02 — best price $6.992017-11-28 — best price $6.992018-01-15 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-21 — best price $2.442019-02-04 — best price $2.372019-06-25 — best price $2.302019-10-28 — best price $2.092019-12-19 — best price $2.092020-06-20 — best price $2.442020-10-29 — best price $2.092020-12-22 — best price $2.092021-02-11 — best price $2.092021-06-24 — best price $2.092021-10-28 — best price $1.742021-12-22 — best price $1.742022-06-23 — best price $1.742022-11-22 — best price $1.742023-01-30 — best price $1.742023-05-29 — best price $1.742024-01-08 — best price $1.742024-04-29 — best price $1.742024-07-22 — best price $1.742024-12-19 — best price $1.742025-03-13 — best price $1.742025-09-29 — best price $2.792025-12-18 — best price $1.742026-04-27 — best price $1.742026-08-29 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCatsIndieActionDifficultPlatformerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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