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Dab on Darkness! cover art

Dab on Darkness!

Sigyaad Team · 2020-06-16

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jun 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 11, 2020 (Android)

Dab On Darkness is a cozy, short, non-linear visual novel where you learn real world, practical tactics to deal with those nasty thoughts you would rather not have. Make the correct decision as your inner negativity manifests into a cute anime girl, lest you despair into the darkness...

Dab on Darkness! is a Casual game released in 2020, priced at $0.99, has an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000, and a Very Positive review sentiment (97% of 86 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 85 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

The darkness inside of you has manifested right before your very eyes! For once in your life, you get a much needed break, usually you have trouble getting out of bed and struggle with intrusive thoughts from your past that haunt you to this day, however, thanks to a rather pleasant dream you get a rush of positivity and a eager outlook on the day! Unfortunately for you, the negative emotions that feed on you don't like this at all. Not taking any chances, it decides to manifest itself into a physical form and attempts to have you submit to them. Will you fall to the darkness or rise through(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (15 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-09-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420202026Week of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.492020-06-172026-07-272020-06-17 — best price $0.592020-09-22 — best price $0.592020-10-29 — best price $0.792020-12-22 — best price $0.842021-02-11 — best price $0.692021-04-19 — best price $0.492021-06-25 — best price $0.742021-09-13 — best price $0.742021-11-24 — best price $0.742021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-02-14 — best price $0.542022-05-02 — best price $0.492022-06-24 — best price $0.492022-10-31 — best price $0.742022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-09-25 — best price $0.492023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-08 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-06-03 — best price $0.492024-07-29 — best price $0.492024-10-28 — best price $0.492024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-03-03 — best price $0.492025-04-14 — best price $0.492025-06-27 — best price $0.492025-09-22 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-06-01 — best price $0.592026-07-20 — best price $0.492026-07-27 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

CuteAnimeFunnyShortCasualRelaxingEmotionalSingleplayerVisual NovelChoices Matter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.