The Game Census
Darklands cover art

Darklands

MPS Labs · Ziggurat · 2014-10-17

SteamGOG

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: 1992 (DOS), Oct 17, 2014 (Linux), Oct 17, 2014 (Mac), Oct 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deep in the twilight of the Black Forest, you and your companions crouch before the robber-knight's tower. Hans, the alchemist, places his mysterious potion by the door. Ebhard the friar implores Saint Dunstan to bless your weapons and armor. And you and Gretchen grip naked long swords, praying your plate mail won't squeak.

2
playing now
90%
positive of 244 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Darklands is a historical fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is set in the Holy Roman Empire during the 15th century. While the geographic setting is historically accurate, the game features many supernatural elements.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 52% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.1k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 244 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.74-75%
GOG$1.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at WinGameStore (2015-09-04) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 65 of 114 observed days · $1.06 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.692015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-09-04 — best price $0.692016-02-26 — best price $1.742016-07-07 — best price $6.432016-11-22 — best price $1.742017-04-24 — best price $5.992017-09-18 — best price $6.992018-01-05 — best price $6.992018-06-22 — best price $1.742018-10-30 — best price $1.742019-02-11 — best price $6.992019-06-01 — best price $6.992019-10-07 — best price $1.742020-05-04 — best price $6.992021-01-07 — best price $5.132021-02-25 — best price $6.992021-04-12 — best price $4.682021-06-12 — best price $5.132021-10-21 — best price $4.542022-01-27 — best price $4.542022-05-27 — best price $4.542022-11-08 — best price $6.192023-03-16 — best price $4.542023-07-10 — best price $6.992023-11-22 — best price $4.542024-02-22 — best price $6.992024-06-04 — best price $6.992024-09-10 — best price $6.992024-12-02 — best price $6.992025-04-04 — best price $6.192025-07-17 — best price $2.792025-09-12 — best price $2.792025-11-09 — best price $6.362026-02-02 — best price $6.992026-05-09 — best price $6.992026-08-01 — best price $1.752026-08-30 — best price $1.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

198292026-06-01 — 148 pageviews2026-06-04 — 45 pageviews2026-06-07 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 36 pageviews2026-06-16 — 45 pageviews2026-06-19 — 38 pageviews2026-06-22 — 46 pageviews2026-06-25 — 40 pageviews2026-06-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-01 — 193 pageviews2026-07-04 — 120 pageviews2026-07-07 — 91 pageviews2026-07-10 — 58 pageviews2026-07-13 — 53 pageviews2026-07-16 — 60 pageviews2026-07-19 — 46 pageviews2026-07-22 — 52 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 72 pageviews2026-07-31 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 45 pageviews2026-08-09 — 33 pageviews2026-08-12 — 62 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 47 pageviews2026-08-21 — 58 pageviews2026-08-24 — 55 pageviews2026-08-27 — 51 pageviews2026-08-29 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

RPGRetro1990'sClassicSandboxMedievalAdventureHistoricalOld SchoolOpen World

Census log

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

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