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DARK cover art

DARK

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

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Virtual Reality

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.

DARK is an Action, RPG game released in 2013, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 1397 reviews).

0
playing now
54%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
42/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (66 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 56k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,402 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 79 of 126 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$45.42$0.992015-01-012026-09-112015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-09-11 — best price $2.64
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84162026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 29 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 28 pageviews2026-06-20 — 37 pageviews2026-06-24 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-02 — 34 pageviews2026-07-06 — 65 pageviews2026-07-10 — 26 pageviews2026-07-14 — 32 pageviews2026-07-18 — 31 pageviews2026-07-22 — 21 pageviews2026-07-26 — 37 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 21 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 26 pageviews2026-08-23 — 26 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 84 pageviews2026-09-08 — 26 pageviews2026-09-12 — 44 pageviews2026-09-16 — 32 pageviews2026-09-20 — 50 pageviews2026-09-24 — 21 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 24 pageviews2026-10-06 — 25 pageviews2026-10-10 — 16 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-12-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRDarkNoirAnimeActionHorrorFantasyStealthVampireAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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