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Dark Sector

Digital Extremes · 2009-03-24

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 24, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 25, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Mar 25, 2008 (Xbox 360)

A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.

Dark Sector is a 2009 Action game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 3566 reviews).

11
playing now
75%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (26 downloads)
9.5h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 14h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Dark Sector, stylized as darkSector, is a 2008 third-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows.

Trailer

Dark Sector trailer thumbnail

Dark Sector Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 143k–285k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,566 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2014-04-02) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2922026-09-15 13:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4171Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2013 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2014 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 46 · peak 99Aug 2025 — avg 30 · peak 63Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 47Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012024-11-272015-01-01 — best price $9.952015-01-10 — best price $1.992015-02-03 — best price $9.952015-03-18 — best price $9.952015-03-28 — best price $1.992015-04-02 — best price $1.992015-04-19 — best price $9.952015-05-13 — best price $1.992015-06-08 — best price $1.992015-06-20 — best price $1.992015-07-10 — best price $9.952015-07-17 — best price $1.992015-07-23 — best price $9.952015-08-12 — best price $9.952015-08-19 — best price $1.992015-08-31 — best price $1.992015-09-06 — best price $9.952015-10-04 — best price $1.992015-10-27 — best price $1.992015-11-09 — best price $1.992015-11-19 — best price $9.952015-11-28 — best price $9.952015-12-15 — best price $9.952015-12-27 — best price $1.992016-01-08 — best price $2.482016-01-14 — best price $1.992016-01-25 — best price $9.952016-02-09 — best price $1.992016-02-24 — best price $9.952016-03-16 — best price $9.952016-03-30 — best price $9.952016-07-04 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $7.962020-03-26 — best price $8.962020-05-04 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

276722026-05-31 — 128 pageviews2026-06-04 — 115 pageviews2026-06-08 — 122 pageviews2026-06-12 — 87 pageviews2026-06-16 — 107 pageviews2026-06-20 — 141 pageviews2026-06-24 — 156 pageviews2026-06-28 — 129 pageviews2026-07-02 — 102 pageviews2026-07-06 — 156 pageviews2026-07-10 — 145 pageviews2026-07-14 — 187 pageviews2026-07-18 — 163 pageviews2026-07-22 — 117 pageviews2026-07-26 — 122 pageviews2026-07-30 — 159 pageviews2026-08-03 — 136 pageviews2026-08-07 — 105 pageviews2026-08-11 — 142 pageviews2026-08-15 — 114 pageviews2026-08-19 — 156 pageviews2026-08-23 — 130 pageviews2026-08-27 — 123 pageviews2026-08-31 — 106 pageviews2026-09-04 — 154 pageviews2026-09-08 — 110 pageviews2026-09-12 — 135 pageviews2026-09-16 — 92 pageviews2026-09-20 — 113 pageviews2026-09-24 — 104 pageviews2026-09-28 — 169 pageviews2026-10-02 — 101 pageviews2026-10-06 — 100 pageviews2026-10-09 — 85 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)31,2583%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

GoreCo-opActionHorrorSci-fiShooterViolentDifficultAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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