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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.

A Walk in the Dark is an Action, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 389 reviews).

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (33 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

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 5 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920132026Week of 2013-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.742015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $2.792015-04-27 — best price $6.992015-10-29 — best price $2.792016-01-11 — best price $6.992016-03-28 — best price $2.002016-07-11 — best price $2.442016-11-01 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $2.372017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-10-26 — best price $3.492018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-06-21 — best price $2.792018-11-21 — best price $2.442019-02-11 — best price $6.992019-07-11 — best price $2.792019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-06-20 — best price $2.442020-11-02 — best price $6.992021-01-18 — best price $1.742021-05-17 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $1.742022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-08-29 — best price $1.742023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-05-29 — best price $1.742024-01-15 — best price $6.992024-06-10 — best price $1.742024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $1.742025-10-06 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $1.742026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-09-26 — best price $6.992026-10-10 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "Uh... It's shiny!"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2103%27
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)75812%27

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

Player tags

2DCatsIndieActionDifficultPlatformerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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