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Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p

FIVE-BN GAMES · 2018-12-26

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There is no one in the world who could return from the Dark Side inviolate… “Darkness and Flame. The Dark Side” is an adventure game in the genre of Hidden Objects, with plenty of mini-games and puzzles, unforgettable characters and complicated quests.

Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2018, priced at free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 238 reviews) and an estimated owner count of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 238 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
84.5%
earned "Lightning"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2886%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CasualAdventureFree to PlayHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

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

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