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Dark Hunting Ground

BingX · The Bueno Interactive · 2025-09-06

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2025 (Mac)

Hunt the monsters that swarm the Dark Hunting Ground, collect the spoils, develop your skills freely and wisely and fight to become the strongest hunter!

Dark Hunting Ground is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2025, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 821 reviews).

10
playing now
93%
positive of 821 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (113 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 821 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Fanatical (2026-06-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620242026Week of 2024-11-07: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

33102026-09-15 06:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 28 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 26 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41020Nov 2024Aug 2026Nov 2024 — avg 232 · peak 685Dec 2024 — avg 39 · peak 103Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 175Feb 2025 — avg 68 · peak 139Mar 2025 — avg 31 · peak 65Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 39May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 88Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 86Jul 2025 — avg 20 · peak 39Aug 2025 — avg 24 · peak 63Sep 2025 — avg 410 · peak 1,473Oct 2025 — avg 91 · peak 182Nov 2025 — avg 45 · peak 111Dec 2025 — avg 35 · peak 109Jan 2026 — avg 60 · peak 165Feb 2026 — avg 38 · peak 121Mar 2026 — avg 38 · peak 109Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 53May 2026 — avg 23 · peak 42Jun 2026 — avg 76 · peak 306Jul 2026 — avg 31 · peak 67Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$6.492024-11-082026-08-102024-11-08 — best price $7.992024-11-21 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-02-18 — best price $7.992025-02-25 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-30 — best price $7.992025-06-06 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-07-25 — best price $7.992025-08-01 — best price $9.992025-09-06 — best price $9.092025-09-20 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $9.742025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-10-22 — best price $9.092025-11-05 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $9.092026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-01-20 — best price $8.442026-02-02 — best price $12.992026-03-04 — best price $8.442026-03-18 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $7.792026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-09 — best price $12.992026-04-24 — best price $7.792026-05-08 — best price $12.992026-06-05 — best price $6.492026-06-07 — best price $12.992026-06-12 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-07-27 — best price $6.492026-08-10 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
55.7%
earned "Destruction Corpse"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-11-10, latest 2026-06-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4226%14

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

Player tags

2DPvERPGDarkLootIdlerActionCombatStylizedAction RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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