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Dark Zone Defense

Supernature Studio · 2019-10-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's a classic arcade shooter with rogue-lite tossed in. Tons of monsters are on the attack - can you survive if you ware unable to move? Use guns, skills and abilities to upgrade and fight until the end！

Dark Zone Defense is a $1.99 Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2019, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (83% of 36 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 36 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1500% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-08-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920192024Week of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.492019-10-302025-03-202019-10-30 — best price $5.092019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.692020-02-03 — best price $2.632020-03-23 — best price $2.392020-05-11 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-08-03 — best price $1.492020-10-29 — best price $1.492020-11-25 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $1.192021-01-07 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-03-15 — best price $1.992021-05-08 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-08-10 — best price $1.992021-10-18 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992021-12-20 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-05-09 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-11-01 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-11-02 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-09-28 — best price $1.992024-11-04 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Operator's License"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DNoirActionArcadeCasualHorrorClickerShooterDifficultRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.