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Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

Arkane Studios · Ubisoft · 2006-10-25

Steam

ActionRPG

Franchise: Might and Magic · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 02, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.

Dark Messiah of Might & Magic is an Action and RPG game released in 2006, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 11,820 reviews).

21
playing now
91%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (248 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 6.3h · completionist 25h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a first-person action role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios. The player controls Sareth, the apprentice of the wizard Phenrig, after he is sent to the city of Stonehelm to accompany an expedition trying to retrieve a powerful artifact known as "The Skull of Shadows".

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 605 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~76/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 473k–946k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,820 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.29 at GreenManGaming (2016-07-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14814820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

108132026-09-15 12:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 53 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 108 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 41 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 65 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 41 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 56 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 66 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 36 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 50 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 59 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 50 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9823Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 69 · peak 159Dec 2012 — avg 32 · peak 94May 2013 — avg 41 · peak 159Oct 2013 — avg 29 · peak 70Mar 2014 — avg 46 · peak 151Aug 2014 — avg 35 · peak 82Jan 2015 — avg 52 · peak 140Jun 2015 — avg 98 · peak 546Nov 2015 — avg 34 · peak 101Apr 2016 — avg 43 · peak 110Sep 2016 — avg 34 · peak 81Feb 2017 — avg 46 · peak 110Jul 2017 — avg 51 · peak 115Dec 2017 — avg 55 · peak 169May 2018 — avg 38 · peak 95Oct 2018 — avg 42 · peak 109Mar 2019 — avg 48 · peak 159Aug 2019 — avg 52 · peak 147Jan 2020 — avg 65 · peak 140Jun 2020 — avg 46 · peak 110Nov 2020 — avg 44 · peak 124Apr 2021 — avg 39 · peak 88Sep 2021 — avg 41 · peak 143Feb 2022 — avg 35 · peak 80Jul 2022 — avg 36 · peak 75Dec 2022 — avg 38 · peak 93May 2023 — avg 43 · peak 104Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 88Mar 2024 — avg 35 · peak 90Aug 2024 — avg 38 · peak 89Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 92Jun 2025 — avg 36 · peak 85Nov 2025 — avg 37 · peak 91Apr 2026 — avg 44 · peak 117Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 71
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.49$2.492015-01-012026-09-182015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-03-16 — best price $6.152015-04-30 — best price $15.412015-06-02 — best price $15.192015-07-14 — best price $6.382015-09-25 — best price $9.992015-12-14 — best price $5.972016-01-03 — best price $9.992016-03-17 — best price $5.312016-05-09 — best price $9.952016-07-18 — best price $13.172016-09-08 — best price $4.992016-10-25 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-09-25 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $2.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-09-30 — best price $2.492020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-09-16 — best price $2.492022-05-05 — best price $2.492022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-04-15 — best price $2.492023-10-26 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-07-14 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-05-27 — best price $2.492025-09-29 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-09-18 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4811262026-05-29 — 161 pageviews2026-06-02 — 364 pageviews2026-06-06 — 326 pageviews2026-06-10 — 250 pageviews2026-06-14 — 183 pageviews2026-06-18 — 185 pageviews2026-06-22 — 193 pageviews2026-06-26 — 165 pageviews2026-06-30 — 379 pageviews2026-07-04 — 249 pageviews2026-07-08 — 230 pageviews2026-07-12 — 187 pageviews2026-07-16 — 126 pageviews2026-07-20 — 249 pageviews2026-07-24 — 157 pageviews2026-07-28 — 170 pageviews2026-08-01 — 154 pageviews2026-08-05 — 161 pageviews2026-08-09 — 230 pageviews2026-08-13 — 170 pageviews2026-08-17 — 174 pageviews2026-08-21 — 168 pageviews2026-08-25 — 335 pageviews2026-08-29 — 162 pageviews2026-09-02 — 165 pageviews2026-09-06 — 155 pageviews2026-09-10 — 130 pageviews2026-09-14 — 156 pageviews2026-09-18 — 276 pageviews2026-09-22 — 247 pageviews2026-09-26 — 215 pageviews2026-09-30 — 172 pageviews2026-10-04 — 138 pageviews2026-10-07 — 155 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGMagicActionClassicFantasyStealthMedievalAdventureSwordplayAction RPG

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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