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Darkest Hunters cover art

Darkest Hunters

ECC GAMES S.A. · Ultimate Games S.A. · 2017-09-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Choose your hero, grab a weapon, learn new spells and… HUNT! Eliminate every nasty beast you meet, collect loot and find the rarest and the greatest equipment ever made. Remember, it’s the live of a Hunter you’ve become, only you are able to defeat the essence of evil.

Darkest Hunters is an Adventure, Casual, Indie and RPG game released in 2017, priced at $5.99, with Mixed (53% of 116 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
53%
positive of 116 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.46 at GameBillet (2026-09-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 44 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.482017-09-272026-08-272017-09-27 — best price $4.792018-02-15 — best price $4.012018-09-17 — best price $2.692018-12-20 — best price $1.792019-03-29 — best price $5.992019-09-13 — best price $5.992020-01-03 — best price $0.592020-05-08 — best price $5.992020-06-25 — best price $0.592020-10-29 — best price $0.592021-01-09 — best price $0.592021-06-24 — best price $0.592021-11-06 — best price $0.592022-01-27 — best price $0.592022-06-24 — best price $0.592022-10-31 — best price $0.592023-03-16 — best price $0.592023-09-18 — best price $0.712024-01-08 — best price $0.712024-05-27 — best price $0.712024-07-08 — best price $0.602024-07-31 — best price $5.022024-09-30 — best price $4.982024-11-27 — best price $0.712025-01-13 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $0.712025-07-04 — best price $0.532025-08-29 — best price $0.492025-10-13 — best price $0.712025-11-21 — best price $0.482026-02-23 — best price $5.992026-04-17 — best price $4.952026-05-15 — best price $0.512026-06-13 — best price $4.942026-07-13 — best price $4.942026-08-27 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
44.6%
earned "Let the adventure begin!"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieArcadeCasualPuzzleFantasyMatch 3StrategyAdventureMultiplayer

Census log

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

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