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D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One- cover art

D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One-

Access Games · PLAYISM · 2015-06-05

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 19, 2014 (Xbox One), Jun 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is the story of a man with a very strange fate. His name is David Young. Two years ago, his wife was murdered by an unknown assailant, and Young suffered a blow to the head that cost him his memory. His wife's final words: “Look for D.”

0
playing now
80%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die is an episodic graphical adventure video game developed by Access Games and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One. The title represents the phrase "Dark Dreams Don't Die" and the fourth dimension (time). The game is unrelated to D or D2. The initial release contains a prologue and two episodes that make up Season 1 of the series. A PC version was released on 5 June 2015, published by Playism in partnership with Access Games. In October 2016, Hidetaka Suehiro announced that he had left Access Games and that there would be no more episodes of D4.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,978 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2019-03-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 49 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420172026Week of 2017-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742015-06-062026-10-152015-06-06 — best price $13.492015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-10-26 — best price $9.742015-11-09 — best price $14.992015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-01-29 — best price $14.992016-05-11 — best price $4.952016-06-22 — best price $14.992016-11-04 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.942017-02-27 — best price $14.992017-05-22 — best price $7.492017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992017-12-27 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-06-04 — best price $4.992018-07-23 — best price $14.992018-10-22 — best price $4.492018-12-20 — best price $4.492019-02-04 — best price $4.492019-04-01 — best price $14.992019-05-24 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $3.742019-09-15 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $3.742020-05-26 — best price $14.992020-09-17 — best price $3.742026-08-29 — best price $14.992026-09-03 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-18 — best price $14.992026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-13 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

168292026-05-31 — 80 pageviews2026-06-04 — 49 pageviews2026-06-08 — 85 pageviews2026-06-12 — 61 pageviews2026-06-16 — 85 pageviews2026-06-20 — 69 pageviews2026-06-24 — 66 pageviews2026-06-28 — 141 pageviews2026-07-02 — 67 pageviews2026-07-06 — 79 pageviews2026-07-10 — 70 pageviews2026-07-14 — 83 pageviews2026-07-18 — 83 pageviews2026-07-22 — 94 pageviews2026-07-26 — 72 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-03 — 49 pageviews2026-08-07 — 49 pageviews2026-08-11 — 29 pageviews2026-08-15 — 53 pageviews2026-08-19 — 65 pageviews2026-08-23 — 87 pageviews2026-08-27 — 78 pageviews2026-08-31 — 68 pageviews2026-09-04 — 64 pageviews2026-09-08 — 50 pageviews2026-09-12 — 74 pageviews2026-09-16 — 54 pageviews2026-09-20 — 69 pageviews2026-09-24 — 65 pageviews2026-09-28 — 58 pageviews2026-10-02 — 58 pageviews2026-10-06 — 54 pageviews2026-10-10 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87%
earned "White Lake"
26.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing15 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Post-launch support: 15 DLC released, first 2015-06-05, latest 2015-07-31 (Steam store data)

Player tags

AnimeFunnyCasualComedyMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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