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Darksiders™

Vigil Games · THQ Nordic · 2010-09-23

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Darksiders · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Darksiders™ is a 2010 Action Adventure title with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 12932 reviews).

18
playing now
89%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (457 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (82 downloads)
25h
to beat · completionist 32h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 18 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 4% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 517k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,932 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

5192026-09-15 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 40 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 39 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 34 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k13Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 500 · peak 1,054Dec 2012 — avg 1,357 · peak 3,326May 2013 — avg 199 · peak 410Oct 2013 — avg 173 · peak 425Mar 2014 — avg 158 · peak 372Aug 2014 — avg 302 · peak 1,282Jan 2015 — avg 208 · peak 497Jun 2015 — avg 426 · peak 1,775Nov 2015 — avg 244 · peak 900Apr 2016 — avg 798 · peak 3,888Sep 2016 — avg 116 · peak 235Feb 2017 — avg 59 · peak 122Jul 2017 — avg 66 · peak 152Dec 2017 — avg 51 · peak 127May 2018 — avg 43 · peak 100Oct 2018 — avg 49 · peak 111Mar 2019 — avg 47 · peak 187Aug 2019 — avg 38 · peak 85Jan 2020 — avg 39 · peak 103Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 76Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 74Apr 2021 — avg 25 · peak 74Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 77Feb 2022 — avg 36 · peak 133Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 37Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 58May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 46Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 72Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 62Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 38Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 89Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

2811202026-05-31 — 184 pageviews2026-06-04 — 213 pageviews2026-06-08 — 260 pageviews2026-06-12 — 165 pageviews2026-06-16 — 207 pageviews2026-06-20 — 175 pageviews2026-06-24 — 146 pageviews2026-06-28 — 188 pageviews2026-07-02 — 172 pageviews2026-07-06 — 196 pageviews2026-07-10 — 178 pageviews2026-07-14 — 195 pageviews2026-07-18 — 165 pageviews2026-07-22 — 143 pageviews2026-07-26 — 183 pageviews2026-07-30 — 138 pageviews2026-08-03 — 162 pageviews2026-08-07 — 281 pageviews2026-08-11 — 235 pageviews2026-08-15 — 191 pageviews2026-08-19 — 170 pageviews2026-08-23 — 181 pageviews2026-08-27 — 146 pageviews2026-08-31 — 172 pageviews2026-09-04 — 145 pageviews2026-09-08 — 165 pageviews2026-09-12 — 141 pageviews2026-09-16 — 130 pageviews2026-09-20 — 151 pageviews2026-09-24 — 132 pageviews2026-09-28 — 136 pageviews2026-10-02 — 149 pageviews2026-10-06 — 135 pageviews2026-10-09 — 120 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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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