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Dark Side of War cover art

Dark Side of War

Tactical Mayhem Realms · 2020-12-04

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dark Side of War is a hardcore shooter game where players take on the role of a soldier during World War II and clear out enemy bases using every bullet wisely. The game offers diverse levels with unique designs and atmospheric soundtracks to create a realistic war atmosphere.

57%
positive of 106 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 19,990 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 13 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020202026Week of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.282020-12-042026-09-062020-12-04 — best price $0.592021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-04-26 — best price $0.492021-10-04 — best price $0.492021-11-13 — best price $3.992022-01-27 — best price $0.592022-03-28 — best price $0.512022-07-07 — best price $10.992022-08-24 — best price $0.492022-11-22 — best price $0.282022-12-23 — best price $0.282023-02-24 — best price $0.282023-04-09 — best price $0.282023-06-30 — best price $0.282023-07-30 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-13 — best price $9.992024-04-26 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-08 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-01-19 — best price $0.492025-04-17 — best price $0.492025-06-27 — best price $0.492025-08-23 — best price $0.492025-10-07 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-05-23 — best price $29.992026-08-23 — best price $1.492026-09-06 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish…

Player tags

FPSRetro1990'sActionMilitarySurvivalHistoricalOld SchoolSimulationSoundtrack

Census log

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

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