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Alone in the Dark

Pieces Interactive · THQ Nordic · 2024-03-20

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Alone in the Dark · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 20, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Mar 20, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.

Alone in the Dark is an Action and Adventure title released in 2024 for $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 4914 reviews).

12
playing now
78%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
12
Nexus mods (9.2k downloads)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (11,197 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 17h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Alone in the Dark is a 2024 survival horror video game developed by Pieces Interactive and published by THQ Nordic. It is a reimagining of the original 1992 Alone in the Dark and is the seventh installment in the Alone in the Dark series. The game features a single-player narrative set in the 1930s, where players can choose to play as Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood, as they make their way through Derceto Mansion to uncover the mysteries within.

Trailer

Alone in the Dark trailer thumbnail

Alone in the Dark - Official Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 503 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 98k–221k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,914 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.64 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 87 of 150 observed days · $29.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54454420242026Week of 2024-03-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4522026-09-15 15:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 28 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55619Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 556 · peak 1,391Apr 2024 — avg 119 · peak 445May 2024 — avg 43 · peak 121Jun 2024 — avg 56 · peak 191Jul 2024 — avg 45 · peak 124Aug 2024 — avg 74 · peak 260Sep 2024 — avg 31 · peak 80Oct 2024 — avg 33 · peak 119Nov 2024 — avg 42 · peak 165Dec 2024 — avg 49 · peak 155Jan 2025 — avg 67 · peak 205Feb 2025 — avg 36 · peak 138Mar 2025 — avg 60 · peak 176Apr 2025 — avg 38 · peak 128May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 67Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 105Jul 2025 — avg 31 · peak 79Aug 2025 — avg 37 · peak 129Sep 2025 — avg 32 · peak 110Oct 2025 — avg 33 · peak 99Nov 2025 — avg 32 · peak 116Dec 2025 — avg 29 · peak 84Jan 2026 — avg 34 · peak 102Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 103Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 73Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 115May 2026 — avg 19 · peak 57Jun 2026 — avg 25 · peak 73Jul 2026 — avg 25 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$11.372022-11-232026-10-152022-11-23 — best price $99.992024-05-10 — best price $53.992024-06-19 — best price $39.592024-07-19 — best price $49.792024-08-26 — best price $29.992024-09-27 — best price $30.002024-11-01 — best price $29.992024-11-28 — best price $30.002024-12-13 — best price $20.002025-01-06 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $18.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-04-07 — best price $39.992025-04-29 — best price $15.992025-05-28 — best price $39.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-08-22 — best price $39.992025-09-23 — best price $19.892025-10-24 — best price $39.992025-11-21 — best price $13.592025-12-06 — best price $39.992026-01-02 — best price $15.992026-02-16 — best price $31.492026-03-26 — best price $19.892026-04-15 — best price $13.192026-05-18 — best price $13.192026-06-22 — best price $13.192026-07-16 — best price $39.992026-08-22 — best price $39.992026-09-08 — best price $39.992026-09-18 — best price $39.992026-09-28 — best price $13.192026-10-08 — best price $39.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2981622026-06-01 — 283 pageviews2026-06-05 — 205 pageviews2026-06-09 — 214 pageviews2026-06-13 — 200 pageviews2026-06-17 — 223 pageviews2026-06-21 — 266 pageviews2026-06-25 — 231 pageviews2026-06-29 — 298 pageviews2026-07-03 — 243 pageviews2026-07-07 — 233 pageviews2026-07-11 — 194 pageviews2026-07-15 — 162 pageviews2026-07-19 — 230 pageviews2026-07-23 — 197 pageviews2026-07-27 — 197 pageviews2026-07-31 — 184 pageviews2026-08-04 — 193 pageviews2026-08-08 — 200 pageviews2026-08-12 — 211 pageviews2026-08-16 — 212 pageviews2026-08-20 — 246 pageviews2026-08-24 — 254 pageviews2026-08-28 — 206 pageviews2026-09-01 — 217 pageviews2026-09-05 — 191 pageviews2026-09-09 — 201 pageviews2026-09-13 — 271 pageviews2026-09-17 — 199 pageviews2026-09-21 — 254 pageviews2026-09-25 — 177 pageviews2026-09-29 — 202 pageviews2026-10-03 — 243 pageviews2026-10-07 — 239 pageviews2026-10-10 — 221 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
92.7%
earned "Welcome to Derceto"
44.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2024-03-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)20,97916%38
Steam (Steam)3,2238%38
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,1139%38

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkNoirActionHorrorMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveRealisticLovecraftian

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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