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Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder cover art

Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Stormling Studios · Iceberg Interactive · 2014-11-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 09, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $7.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (73% of 634 reviews).

2
playing now
73%
positive of 634 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
37/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder is a first-person 3D adventure / horror thriller video game. It takes place in an imaginary "Lovecraftian" place called Wellsmoth. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, players are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult. At the top of their list of suspects is Loath Nolder, a highly respected private investigator who mysteriously abandoned his last case for reasons unknown. Rumor had it that he ventured to several exotic places around the world. It remains a great mystery as to why Loath Nolder disappeared so suddenly, resurfacing five years later and resuming his investigations just as abruptly as he had left them. Why does this venerated P.I. now sit on the other side of the law?

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,889 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 634 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-10-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 26 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
111Nov 2014Aug 2024Nov 2014 — avg 7 · peak 41Feb 2015 — avg 3 · peak 16May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 94Aug 2015 — avg 4 · peak 20Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2016 — avg 4 · peak 21May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 20Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 17Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 16May 2017 — avg 4 · peak 20Aug 2017 — avg 3 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 23Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 16Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 15Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.192015-01-012026-08-102015-01-01 — best price $4.792015-12-01 — best price $1.992016-08-15 — best price $1.832016-12-12 — best price $7.992017-09-05 — best price $1.602018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-10-10 — best price $7.192018-12-18 — best price $1.442019-05-09 — best price $1.592019-11-25 — best price $7.992020-04-21 — best price $7.992020-06-19 — best price $7.992020-08-12 — best price $7.992020-09-20 — best price $7.192020-10-26 — best price $1.592020-12-14 — best price $1.592021-01-25 — best price $6.692021-03-07 — best price $7.992021-04-12 — best price $1.592021-05-17 — best price $6.692021-06-25 — best price $1.592021-10-27 — best price $1.292021-12-24 — best price $1.362022-03-25 — best price $1.602022-06-20 — best price $1.592022-08-06 — best price $7.192022-09-23 — best price $1.602022-12-01 — best price $5.872023-02-16 — best price $1.592023-05-26 — best price $6.292023-10-20 — best price $1.602024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-04-11 — best price $7.992024-08-23 — best price $6.292024-11-27 — best price $1.432025-05-19 — best price $1.592025-11-20 — best price $6.712026-04-28 — best price $6.292026-08-10 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2132026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-06 — 19 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 10 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "In Pursuit of Loath Nolder"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-11-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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