The Game Census
Dark Places cover art

Dark Places

Madbox Entertainment · 2019-04-09

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dark Places is a psychological single-player game set in a surreal world filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. Solve puzzles and try to survive.

0
playing now
56%
positive of 145 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$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 63% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-03-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Players online

102026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002018-10-312026-07-092018-10-31 — best price $0.002019-06-10 — best price $2.992019-07-29 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $0.892019-12-19 — best price $0.742020-03-17 — best price $0.502020-06-25 — best price $0.592020-10-06 — best price $0.592020-11-25 — best price $0.502021-01-28 — best price $0.502021-03-25 — best price $0.502021-06-24 — best price $0.502021-09-20 — best price $0.502021-11-26 — best price $0.502021-12-22 — best price $0.502022-03-29 — best price $0.492022-07-26 — best price $0.492022-10-25 — best price $0.492023-01-24 — best price $0.492023-05-01 — best price $0.492023-08-16 — best price $3.042023-11-21 — best price $0.742024-02-08 — best price $0.742024-05-14 — best price $0.742024-07-18 — best price $0.742024-10-28 — best price $0.642024-12-12 — best price $0.642025-03-13 — best price $0.642025-06-12 — best price $0.642025-11-13 — best price $0.742026-01-16 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Player tags

BloodIndieRetroActionHorrorPuzzleShooterViolentAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.