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DARK cover art

DARK

Realmforge Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2013-07-03

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 09, 2013 (Xbox 360), Jul 04, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DARK is a unique stealth-action game with RPG elements in which you take on the role of the ultimate hunter: a vampire. Ambush your enemies from the shadows, roam the darkness and use powerful vampire skills to dispatch your opponents.

1
playing now
54%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
42/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark is a stealth game developed by German team Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media in 2013. Players control Eric Bane, a vampire suffering from amnesia who seeks to recover his memories.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 30% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 56k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,397 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.72-73%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at GamesPlanet UK (2018-10-22) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 87 of 141 observed days · $1.82 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$45.42$0.992015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $6.382015-05-01 — best price $5.992015-09-03 — best price $19.992016-02-08 — best price $39.952016-08-01 — best price $5.952016-11-30 — best price $14.992017-07-03 — best price $3.742017-11-30 — best price $14.992018-04-23 — best price $8.812018-10-24 — best price $0.992019-03-11 — best price $1.992019-08-16 — best price $1.592019-11-22 — best price $1.022020-02-12 — best price $9.812020-06-20 — best price $9.992020-09-18 — best price $2.002020-12-21 — best price $2.992021-03-09 — best price $4.492021-05-14 — best price $2.992021-08-23 — best price $8.372021-12-02 — best price $9.992022-03-21 — best price $9.992022-07-16 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $3.992023-01-24 — best price $8.672023-05-10 — best price $3.902023-08-29 — best price $2.992023-12-01 — best price $8.272024-02-26 — best price $4.002024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $3.492024-12-22 — best price $3.992025-04-07 — best price $4.002025-07-15 — best price $2.992025-10-29 — best price $8.392026-02-17 — best price $2.722026-06-08 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $2.72
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

65142026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-03 — 19 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-09 — 32 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 26 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 24 pageviews2026-06-27 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-03 — 43 pageviews2026-07-06 — 65 pageviews2026-07-09 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 40 pageviews2026-07-18 — 31 pageviews2026-07-21 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 21 pageviews2026-08-14 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 27 pageviews2026-08-20 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 36 pageviews2026-08-28 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
70%
earned "Tasted Blood"
13.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, French

Player tags

VRDarkNoirAnimeActionHorrorFantasyStealthVampireAdventure

Census log

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

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