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Dark December

Needs Games · 2025-09-01

Steam

ActionRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Official Launch : 20th of Jan, 2026 Engage in fierce battles and shape your own combat style with unique weapon–skill combinations. Each character has distinct abilities and weapons, and with strategic bonus stat allocation, you can challenge even the most formidable foes.

36%
positive of 392 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (218 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 12,386 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720252026Week of 2025-09-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opIn-App PurchasesKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Census log

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