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Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic)

Auroch Digital · 2019-05-16

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the extraordinary, dystopian world of Dark Future, filled with danger, chaos and adventure. A game of both action and strategy unlike any other, featuring a unique time dilating command mode to help you make tactical decisions on the dangerous highways of this world.

Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) is a 2019 Indie, Strategy game priced at $24.99, with a Mixed sentiment (62% of 512 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
62%
positive of 512 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 49,590 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 512 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2019-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 43 of 49 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720192026Week of 2019-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
230Dec 2016Aug 2024Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2019 — avg 23 · peak 94Feb 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 23Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5

▼ −1 avg players (−28.8%) vs prior month — Aug 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.492019-05-172026-10-142019-05-17 — best price $18.742019-07-09 — best price $24.992019-10-17 — best price $18.742019-11-01 — best price $24.992019-12-19 — best price $17.492020-01-27 — best price $24.992020-05-28 — best price $17.492020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-10-29 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.492026-09-02 — best price $2.492026-09-05 — best price $2.492026-09-08 — best price $2.492026-09-11 — best price $24.992026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-17 — best price $2.492026-09-20 — best price $2.492026-09-23 — best price $2.492026-09-26 — best price $2.492026-09-29 — best price $2.492026-10-02 — best price $2.492026-10-05 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $2.492026-10-11 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
29.6%
earned "Thou Shalt See How Apt It Is To Learn"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-05-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RTSIndieActionPhysicsStrategyReal-TimeBoard GameBullet TimeSingleplayerStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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