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Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals

Glowstick Entertainment · 2020-11-02

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ActionCasualIndie

Franchise: Dark Deception · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 23, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals is a multiplayer horror party game with multiple modes where players take on the role of monsters or mortals from Dark Deception's universe (and other universes) and fight for soul shards in nightmarish mazes!

2
playing now
79%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 89 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (455 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 10,904 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 59k–133k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,948 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-10-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42142120202026Week of 2020-11-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992020-11-022026-07-272020-11-02 — best price $8.992021-01-11 — best price $4.992021-03-01 — best price $4.992021-06-07 — best price $4.992021-09-27 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-02-11 — best price $4.992022-04-21 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-09-05 — best price $2.492022-12-12 — best price $1.992023-01-23 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-05-29 — best price $0.992023-07-17 — best price $1.992023-10-26 — best price $3.242023-12-04 — best price $3.492024-01-15 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-04-24 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-08-19 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-02-28 — best price $0.992025-04-07 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.992025-08-25 — best price $0.992025-10-23 — best price $0.992025-12-11 — best price $0.992026-02-16 — best price $0.992026-03-30 — best price $1.742026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
13.6%
earned "Rookie Eyes"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStats4 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)12820%16
Steam (Steam)7914%16
Xbox Series (Xbox)4028%15
PS4 (PlayStation)650%16

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

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnyIndieActionCasualHentaiHorrorMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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