The Game Census
Chased by Darkness cover art

Chased by Darkness

South Blue Moon · 2021-06-01

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.

72%
positive of 416 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

A new inmate brought with him a bestial spirit. Two days after his arrival, there was a mass suicide attempt in the penitentiary, among those involved were prisoners and prison officers. The authorities did not want to believe the victims reports of a supernatural force, but decided to evacuate the penitentiary until everything was cleared up. The prison warden called you, a clairvoyant, to help. Now, you will need to perform a ritual to purify the penitentiary and free it from the presence of Barkannan.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 13,148 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 416 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Epic Game Store (2025-10-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920212026Week of 2021-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.492021-06-012026-07-092021-06-01 — best price $4.492021-08-02 — best price $4.992021-12-23 — best price $2.992022-01-31 — best price $4.992022-06-06 — best price $4.242022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-10-25 — best price $3.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.742023-05-08 — best price $4.992023-07-07 — best price $4.992023-08-15 — best price $4.992023-11-01 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-03-28 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-08-01 — best price $4.992024-10-04 — best price $3.992024-11-01 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-24 — best price $4.992025-05-15 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-10-20 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.792026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "This Isn't The Last Box"
18.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5360%66

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

Player tags

GoreCo-opIndieActionHorrorMysteryViolentThrillerDifficultMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

Don't Knock TwiceMasochisiaDARQ: Complete EditionDream AloneSecret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor MultiplayerApsulov: End of GodsPacifyTorchlight III

Similarity via IGDB.

Discord ↗Official site ↗