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Dark Deity

Sword & Axe LLC · indie.io · 2021-06-15

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 17, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...

45
playing now
72%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Deity is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Sword & Axe LLC and published by indie.io. It was funded by Kickstarter, and released on June 15, 2021, on the Steam platform for Microsoft Windows. It was later released for Nintendo Switch on March 17, 2022. It follows a group of military academy students in a fantasy universe who are suddenly conscripted into the army years prior to their normal graduation due to the onset of war in the kingdom.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 146 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (834 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 62k–139k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,098 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.87-81%
Gamesplanet$4.99-80%
Humble Store$4.99-80%
IndieGala$4.99-80%
Steam$4.99-80%
WinGameStore$4.99-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.00 at Fortuna Digital (2026-05-22) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 149 of 189 observed days · $1.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
67667620212026Week of 2021-06-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5282026-08-07 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 38 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 33 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 52 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 33 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 33 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.252021-06-162026-08-302021-06-16 — best price $19.992022-02-21 — best price $24.992022-05-15 — best price $14.992022-07-30 — best price $19.882022-11-01 — best price $24.992022-12-15 — best price $12.492023-02-11 — best price $9.742023-04-06 — best price $9.992023-06-15 — best price $24.992023-08-01 — best price $18.362023-10-10 — best price $24.992023-11-16 — best price $18.362024-01-05 — best price $20.492024-02-25 — best price $24.992024-04-04 — best price $6.252024-05-10 — best price $6.252024-06-28 — best price $6.252024-08-05 — best price $4.992024-09-25 — best price $6.002024-12-03 — best price $18.362024-12-30 — best price $4.802025-02-21 — best price $4.892025-03-28 — best price $24.992025-05-08 — best price $24.992025-07-08 — best price $3.772025-09-04 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $3.902025-12-04 — best price $4.122026-01-31 — best price $17.542026-03-13 — best price $24.992026-04-22 — best price $5.002026-05-23 — best price $5.002026-06-23 — best price $5.002026-07-31 — best price $3.412026-08-22 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

18692026-05-27 — 19 pageviews2026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 22 pageviews2026-06-05 — 25 pageviews2026-06-08 — 90 pageviews2026-06-11 — 49 pageviews2026-06-14 — 33 pageviews2026-06-17 — 44 pageviews2026-06-20 — 27 pageviews2026-06-23 — 16 pageviews2026-06-26 — 23 pageviews2026-06-29 — 20 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 19 pageviews2026-07-08 — 38 pageviews2026-07-11 — 28 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 31 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "Super Effective!"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2855%40
Switch (Nintendo)770%0

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeFantasyStrategyTacticalTop-DownAdventureLore-RichStrategy RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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