The Game Census
Darker: Chapter 1 cover art

Darker: Chapter 1

Director Unknown · 2026-05-24

Steam

AdventureIndie

Darker is a story-driven erotic visual novel with hardcore adult content. Play as Grace, a seemingly innocent girl next door, lured into a dark game of corruption. A vacation that quickly unravels into daring, erotic challenges, where one choice leads to another and everything spirals out of control.

Darker: Chapter 1 is a 2026 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.59, with Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 109 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-08

78%
positive of 109 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
$9.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 3 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820262026Week of 2026-05-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-02: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$9.592026-05-242026-08-112026-05-24 — best price $9.952026-06-07 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.592026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-11 — best price $9.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
99.9%
earned "YOU ACTUALLY OPENED IT!"
67.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

13 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Korean, Polish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese…

Census log

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

Recent updates