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Age of Darkness: Final Stand cover art

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

PlaySide · 2025-01-15

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

104
playing now
74%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$27.99
steam price (US)

104 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The darkness is an entity of evil. Some say it is the manifestation of human fear and nightmares, others say it is a wandering mass of damned souls haunting us. The origin of the darkness itself is unknown, but one thing for certain is that we can keep it at bay through the power of light and fire. Brace yourself against huge tidal waves of Nightmares. Leveraging an internally developed technology called ‘SwarmTech’ allows the game to render over 70,000 enemy units on the screen at one time. These enemy legions claw their way up through seething fissures in the earth to reinforce ‘The Veil’.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 104 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 521 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,633 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 5,855 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 212k–478k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,623 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.52-59%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.29 at GameBillet (2025-01-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.99 · on sale 77 of 103 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#20)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 1,290 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,127 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 506 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

214612026-08-07 00:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 104 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 155 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 105 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 121 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 193 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 116 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 174 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 214 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 112 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 98 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 142 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 85 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 119 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 142 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 74 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 85 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 180 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 115 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 62 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 127 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 108 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 113 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 147 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 129 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 90 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 153 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 104 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$27.99$7.232021-10-072026-08-252021-10-07 — best price $17.492021-12-13 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $13.522022-03-01 — best price $16.492022-04-05 — best price $18.472022-05-03 — best price $16.492022-06-03 — best price $14.292022-07-29 — best price $19.762022-08-27 — best price $21.992022-09-29 — best price $18.472022-11-19 — best price $14.892022-12-23 — best price $13.872023-02-02 — best price $18.692023-04-19 — best price $14.732023-05-23 — best price $18.252023-07-13 — best price $21.992023-09-18 — best price $14.732023-11-04 — best price $21.992023-12-22 — best price $12.172024-02-11 — best price $15.742024-03-15 — best price $12.292024-04-19 — best price $14.732024-10-28 — best price $25.992025-01-15 — best price $7.232025-02-22 — best price $9.652025-07-17 — best price $10.212025-08-27 — best price $27.992025-10-27 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $27.992026-03-14 — best price $20.692026-05-07 — best price $13.852026-06-01 — best price $13.852026-07-14 — best price $22.282026-08-25 — best price $11.52
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
54.6%
earned "Paltry Sum"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2910%66

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

Player tags

3DPvERTSFantasyBuildingMedievalStrategyStylizedSurvivalTactical

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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