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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.

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 62% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
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 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 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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