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Anima : The Reign of Darkness

Redeev · 2021-06-02

Steam

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore a dark fantasy world, descend into the darkest depths and fight hordes of demons in this fast paced Action RPG. Fully customize your character, loot hunderd of unique items and destroy the evil that is corrupting the world once again!

Anima : The Reign of Darkness is an Action and RPG game released in 2021 for $11.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 637 reviews).

1
playing now
69%
positive of 637 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$11.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (247 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 637 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2021-12-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18618620212026Week of 2021-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1402Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 140 · peak 273Aug 2021 — avg 56 · peak 123Oct 2021 — avg 19 · peak 45Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 40Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$5.992021-06-022025-10-062021-06-02 — best price $10.792021-06-09 — best price $11.992021-07-22 — best price $9.592021-08-01 — best price $11.992021-09-15 — best price $8.392021-09-29 — best price $11.992021-12-13 — best price $5.992021-12-20 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $7.792022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-09-19 — best price $8.392022-09-26 — best price $11.992025-07-02 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

RPGGoreActionDemonsGothicFantasyIsometricAction RPGClass-BasedDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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