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Dark Old Sun

SN!Somos Nerds · 2018-03-07

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 07, 2018 (Mac), Mar 07, 2018 (Linux), Mar 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A shoot'em up, with focus on choice and progressiveness, so you can choose between a wide selection of weapons, and upgrade them becoming way more powerfull as you play.Big multi-phase bosses and a dramatic story.

93%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 25,445 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.002018-03-092021-01-162018-03-09 — best price $5.992018-04-23 — best price $4.492018-04-30 — best price $5.992018-05-01 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $1.242018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-22 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-04-08 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $1.492020-01-27 — best price $2.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionSci-fiShooterDifficultControllerSoundtrackBullet Hell

Census log

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

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