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Darkness Assault cover art

Darkness Assault

Black Lime Studio · 2015-02-06

Steam

ViolentGoreActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The number of missing in the city increased. People talk about the experiments on human beings. And now, only you can figure out if it was true. Especially because you have no choice. Mysteriously, you find yourself in a terrible location 40 meters underground. Your name is Katrine, and you do not remember anything about your past.

Darkness Assault is a $0.49 Violent, Gore, Action Indie game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 679 reviews).

0
playing now
53%
positive of 680 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.49
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 237 Violent games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 680 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 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: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492015-02-072026-08-252015-02-07 — best price $2.992015-07-03 — best price $1.192015-11-06 — best price $4.992016-03-25 — best price $3.992016-07-15 — best price $1.992016-11-01 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-05-19 — best price $1.992017-09-08 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-02-09 — best price $0.492018-06-01 — best price $0.492018-10-11 — best price $0.992019-01-11 — best price $0.992019-04-23 — best price $0.992019-08-09 — best price $0.492019-11-06 — best price $0.492020-01-10 — best price $0.992020-05-01 — best price $0.992020-09-04 — best price $0.492020-11-27 — best price $0.492021-02-05 — best price $0.992021-05-28 — best price $0.992021-11-12 — best price $0.992022-06-09 — best price $0.992022-10-13 — best price $0.992023-04-28 — best price $0.992024-06-28 — best price $0.992025-10-28 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-08-25 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
5.9%
earned "Oh, no!"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2015-04-08, latest 2015-05-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,21638%15

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

Player tags

GoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleViolentZombiesSurvivalSingleplayerSurvival Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.