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Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals

Glowstick Entertainment · 2020-11-02

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndie

Franchise: Dark Deception · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

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!

Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals is a 2020 Action, Casual, and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 2950 reviews).

2
playing now
79%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (45 downloads)
3.45★
PlayStation Store rating (520 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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 9% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 59k–133k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,950 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 10 of 20 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

902026-09-15 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
582Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 58 · peak 218Jan 2021 — avg 38 · peak 79Mar 2021 — avg 31 · peak 214May 2021 — avg 21 · peak 79Jul 2021 — avg 18 · peak 46Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 50Nov 2021 — avg 48 · peak 212Jan 2022 — avg 37 · peak 114Mar 2022 — avg 22 · peak 56May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 42Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 33Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 46Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 122Jul 2023 — avg 24 · peak 72Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 29Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 49May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 37Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 23Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 104May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 60Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-12-21, latest 2025-03-01 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnyIndieActionCasualHentaiHorrorMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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