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Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare cover art

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Darkworks · THQ Nordic · 2013-10-29

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Sep 24, 2001 (Dreamcast), Jun 29, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2001 (PlayStation 2)

From the moment Edward Carnby and Aline Cedrac set foot on Shadow Island, they are confronted by mysterious, evil creatures intent on thwarting their progress to recover 3 ancient tablets believed to hold the secret key to some incredible menacing phenomena. Danger threatens from every corner.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is an Action, Adventure game released in 2013, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 704 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 704 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
98/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a survival horror video game and the fourth installment and first reboot of the video game series Alone in the Dark, developed by Darkworks and published by Infogrames. The game was released in 2001 on Windows, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color. A PlayStation 2 version of the game was also released several months after and only in Europe.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,669 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 704 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.68 at GameBillet (2024-03-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 75 of 138 observed days · $6.31 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Nov 2013Apr 2025Nov 2013 — avg 2 · peak 15Feb 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.01$0.682015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-08-05 — best price $4.032016-01-29 — best price $2.092016-07-01 — best price $5.992017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-11-22 — best price $1.392018-02-27 — best price $1.752018-08-30 — best price $6.992019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-06-06 — best price $1.752019-09-26 — best price $1.742019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-03-27 — best price $6.292020-07-13 — best price $1.742020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-05-14 — best price $1.742021-09-24 — best price $1.742021-12-30 — best price $1.752022-06-01 — best price $1.752022-09-12 — best price $1.742022-12-07 — best price $5.632023-03-17 — best price $1.752023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-11-02 — best price $6.992024-02-12 — best price $6.992024-06-04 — best price $6.992024-10-08 — best price $6.992024-12-23 — best price $1.742025-04-18 — best price $1.092025-08-22 — best price $6.992025-11-24 — best price $1.742026-03-17 — best price $1.752026-06-25 — best price $1.702026-09-08 — best price $6.992026-10-08 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5811422026-05-30 — 159 pageviews2026-06-03 — 152 pageviews2026-06-07 — 146 pageviews2026-06-11 — 187 pageviews2026-06-15 — 177 pageviews2026-06-19 — 206 pageviews2026-06-23 — 269 pageviews2026-06-27 — 328 pageviews2026-07-01 — 409 pageviews2026-07-05 — 291 pageviews2026-07-09 — 319 pageviews2026-07-13 — 212 pageviews2026-07-17 — 218 pageviews2026-07-21 — 224 pageviews2026-07-25 — 188 pageviews2026-07-29 — 211 pageviews2026-08-02 — 187 pageviews2026-08-06 — 167 pageviews2026-08-10 — 218 pageviews2026-08-14 — 197 pageviews2026-08-18 — 201 pageviews2026-08-22 — 185 pageviews2026-08-26 — 176 pageviews2026-08-30 — 201 pageviews2026-09-03 — 186 pageviews2026-09-07 — 208 pageviews2026-09-11 — 193 pageviews2026-09-15 — 184 pageviews2026-09-19 — 201 pageviews2026-09-23 — 196 pageviews2026-09-27 — 247 pageviews2026-10-01 — 196 pageviews2026-10-05 — 206 pageviews2026-10-09 — 190 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

ActionHorrorPuzzleClassicAdventureLovecraftianSurvival HorrorFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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