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Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

Stormling Studios · Iceberg Interactive · 2014-12-05

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is a 2014 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mixed sentiment (67% of 270 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 270 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage is a 2010 first-person adventure horror thriller video game developed by Zoetrope Interactive and published by Iceberg Interactive for Windows. A sequel to Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, the game is part of a series of adventure games inspired by famous horror writer H.P. Lovecraft.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.8k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 270 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.66$1.652015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-05-18 — best price $8.492015-10-21 — best price $9.992016-05-30 — best price $9.992016-11-14 — best price $9.992017-07-21 — best price $9.992018-02-16 — best price $9.992018-08-31 — best price $9.992018-12-10 — best price $1.992019-03-14 — best price $1.992019-09-13 — best price $2.502020-01-13 — best price $1.992020-06-05 — best price $8.282020-08-07 — best price $8.992020-09-23 — best price $8.992020-11-19 — best price $2.002021-01-16 — best price $8.382021-03-08 — best price $8.382021-05-01 — best price $7.992021-06-15 — best price $7.342021-09-27 — best price $1.992021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-02-24 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992023-01-11 — best price $8.492023-06-08 — best price $1.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992024-03-04 — best price $1.992024-06-08 — best price $9.992024-10-09 — best price $1.992025-03-21 — best price $8.382025-10-24 — best price $8.382026-05-25 — best price $1.792026-08-14 — best price $8.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 6 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 11 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
57.4%
earned "Unlock the Secrets Inside"
25.9%
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

IndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureDetectiveFirst-PersonLovecraftianPoint & ClickGreat SoundtrackPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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