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Dark Arcana: The Carnival cover art

Dark Arcana: The Carnival

Artifex Mundi · 2014-10-28

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 08, 2012 (Linux), Oct 08, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 08, 2012 (Mac), Nov 30, 2012 (iOS)

Find the missing woman lost in a mysterious Carnival of Horrors.

Dark Arcana: The Carnival is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 765 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 765 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (581 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 765 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.40 at GamersGate (2015-01-09) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1231Oct 2014Jul 2026Oct 2014 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2015 — avg 6 · peak 79Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 62Oct 2015 — avg 9 · peak 36Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 21Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2017 — avg 11 · peak 58Apr 2017 — avg 3 · peak 29Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 19Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 44Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 130Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.402015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-10-05 — best price $1.492016-02-05 — best price $3.992016-09-19 — best price $9.992017-01-10 — best price $9.992017-11-13 — best price $2.992018-04-13 — best price $9.992018-11-06 — best price $3.992019-07-01 — best price $5.002019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-06-19 — best price $8.992020-07-18 — best price $8.992020-08-10 — best price $9.992020-09-05 — best price $8.992020-09-28 — best price $9.992020-10-20 — best price $8.992020-11-10 — best price $8.992020-12-05 — best price $9.992021-01-07 — best price $9.992021-03-04 — best price $8.992021-03-31 — best price $9.992021-04-23 — best price $8.992021-05-16 — best price $9.992021-06-07 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-03-01 — best price $8.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-02-21 — best price $6.812023-07-18 — best price $6.992023-12-22 — best price $2.442024-06-12 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
52%
earned "PICK UP THE TRAIL"
34.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)4,73273%23
Steam (Steam)3,55940%19
Xbox One (Xbox)1,61754%22
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualHorrorPuzzleFantasyMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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