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Dark Matter cover art

Dark Matter

· Meridian4 · 2015-02-27

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dark Matter is a classic arcade space shooter inspired by Asteroids, featuring fast-paced ship combat, physics-based movement, and score-driven gameplay.

Dark Matter is a 2015 Action, Casual and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed sentiment from 59% of 156 reviews.

0
playing now
59%
positive of 156 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 156 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2015-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220152026Week of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.742015-02-272026-07-092015-02-27 — best price $3.742015-07-27 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $1.242016-02-01 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-03-06 — best price $0.992017-09-11 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $0.992018-02-12 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-28 — best price $0.992019-07-10 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-02-17 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-10-05 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-02-08 — best price $4.992021-06-07 — best price $0.992021-10-04 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-02-28 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-10-02 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $0.982024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $1.042025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-18 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $1.242026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DActionArcadeCasualFlightSci-fiScienceShooterTop-DownMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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