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Darksiders™

Vigil Games · THQ Nordic · 2010-09-23

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Darksiders · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2010 (Linux), Mar 18, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Mar 18, 2010 (Xbox 360), Sep 23, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth.

41
playing now
89%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (457 ratings)
25h
to beat · completionist 32h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

41 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Darksiders is a hack and slash action-adventure video game developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ. The game's inspiration is from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, with the player taking the role of the horseman War. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 5, 2010, in North America, January 7 in Australia, January 8 in Europe, and March 18 in Japan. The Microsoft Windows version was released in North America and Australia on September 23, and in Europe on September 24. A parallel sequel, Darksiders II, was released on August 14, 2012.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 307 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 516k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,910 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17017020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5092026-08-06 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 32 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 48 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$31.66$1.992015-01-012019-07-192015-01-01 — best price $7.932015-01-07 — best price $30.262015-01-25 — best price $7.492015-02-18 — best price $4.992015-03-19 — best price $19.952015-04-09 — best price $19.992015-04-18 — best price $5.002015-04-30 — best price $3.992015-05-15 — best price $4.992015-06-01 — best price $9.992015-06-09 — best price $3.992015-06-23 — best price $3.992015-07-29 — best price $19.952015-08-13 — best price $3.992015-08-31 — best price $3.992015-09-18 — best price $4.992015-11-03 — best price $19.992015-11-16 — best price $19.992015-12-03 — best price $19.992015-12-16 — best price $9.992015-12-24 — best price $3.812016-01-15 — best price $19.992016-02-01 — best price $17.992016-02-29 — best price $9.992016-04-15 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $3.992016-07-28 — best price $5.002016-08-24 — best price $4.792016-10-10 — best price $19.992016-11-04 — best price $19.992016-12-02 — best price $19.992017-05-04 — best price $19.992017-10-26 — best price $3.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-10-31 — best price $3.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-29 — best price $3.992019-07-19 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2811232026-05-31 — 184 pageviews2026-06-03 — 192 pageviews2026-06-06 — 207 pageviews2026-06-09 — 192 pageviews2026-06-12 — 165 pageviews2026-06-15 — 162 pageviews2026-06-18 — 150 pageviews2026-06-21 — 174 pageviews2026-06-24 — 146 pageviews2026-06-27 — 193 pageviews2026-06-30 — 160 pageviews2026-07-03 — 171 pageviews2026-07-06 — 196 pageviews2026-07-09 — 197 pageviews2026-07-12 — 182 pageviews2026-07-15 — 200 pageviews2026-07-18 — 165 pageviews2026-07-21 — 130 pageviews2026-07-24 — 141 pageviews2026-07-27 — 239 pageviews2026-07-30 — 138 pageviews2026-08-02 — 223 pageviews2026-08-05 — 211 pageviews2026-08-08 — 258 pageviews2026-08-11 — 235 pageviews2026-08-14 — 249 pageviews2026-08-17 — 225 pageviews2026-08-20 — 181 pageviews2026-08-23 — 181 pageviews2026-08-26 — 192 pageviews2026-08-28 — 144 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "Death Dealer"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Player tags

RPGGoreActionPuzzleFantasyAdventureAction RPGControllerOpen WorldSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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