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Darkness Ahead

Useless Machines · SA Industry · 2016-11-02

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

0
playing now
52%
positive of 108 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-06-09) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492016-11-032026-07-232016-11-03 — best price $4.492017-01-17 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-10-20 — best price $1.492018-03-11 — best price $2.992018-07-25 — best price $1.492018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.002019-02-24 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $3.992019-10-28 — best price $2.392019-12-03 — best price $3.992020-01-19 — best price $2.992020-05-07 — best price $0.982020-08-18 — best price $2.992020-11-17 — best price $2.002021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-04-28 — best price $2.002021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $0.502022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-04-22 — best price $0.502022-07-22 — best price $0.492022-11-02 — best price $4.992022-12-23 — best price $0.492023-03-10 — best price $4.992023-05-26 — best price $0.492023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-12-12 — best price $0.492024-03-04 — best price $0.492024-06-10 — best price $4.992024-08-25 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-05-18 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-12-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-06-03 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

DarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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