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Darksiders Genesis cover art

Darksiders Genesis

Airship Syndicate · THQ Nordic · 2019-12-05

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Darksiders · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 05, 2019 (Google Stadia), Dec 05, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 14, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Feb 14, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 14, 2020 (Xbox One)

DARKSIDERS: GENESIS gives players their first look at the world of DARKSIDERS before the events of the original game. Furthermore, it introduces the fourth and last horseman STRIFE, as well as Co-op gameplay for the first time in the history of the franchise.

Darksiders Genesis is an Action and Adventure game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 13,728 reviews).

54
playing now
82%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
4.27★
PlayStation Store rating (3,933 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Darksiders Genesis is a top-down hack and slash action role-playing video game developed by American studio Airship Syndicate and published by THQ Nordic. It was released for Stadia and Windows on 5 December 2019, and on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 14 February 2020. The game is considered a spin-off prequel game in the Darksiders series and introduces the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Strife, as the protagonist. Strife can summon his brother, War. Upon release, the game received positive reviews, with many reviewers praising the combat.

Trailer

Darksiders Genesis trailer thumbnail

Darksiders Genesis - Official Strife Cinematic Trailer

≈344,557 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 620 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,565 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 343k–824k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,728 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-85%
Steam$4.49-85%
GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.76 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 122 of 176 observed days · $26.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 2,244 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

218262026-09-15 12:00 — 55 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 81 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 67 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 137 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 51 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 87 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 84 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 112 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 129 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 83 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 75 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 130 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 128 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 45 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 110 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 106 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 44 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 117 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 114 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 47 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k47Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 1,454 · peak 6,342Mar 2020 — avg 250 · peak 803Jun 2020 — avg 115 · peak 534Sep 2020 — avg 199 · peak 923Dec 2020 — avg 138 · peak 359Mar 2021 — avg 102 · peak 439Jun 2021 — avg 143 · peak 345Sep 2021 — avg 264 · peak 1,294Dec 2021 — avg 133 · peak 297Mar 2022 — avg 63 · peak 141Jun 2022 — avg 58 · peak 160Sep 2022 — avg 107 · peak 392Dec 2022 — avg 112 · peak 254Mar 2023 — avg 80 · peak 206Jun 2023 — avg 54 · peak 134Sep 2023 — avg 52 · peak 136Dec 2023 — avg 72 · peak 182Mar 2024 — avg 66 · peak 170Jun 2024 — avg 72 · peak 236Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 138Dec 2024 — avg 66 · peak 172Mar 2025 — avg 68 · peak 174Jun 2025 — avg 71 · peak 230Sep 2025 — avg 76 · peak 263Dec 2025 — avg 87 · peak 270Mar 2026 — avg 70 · peak 183Jun 2026 — avg 89 · peak 252Aug 2026 — avg 92 · peak 242
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.06$3.762019-10-152026-10-142019-10-15 — best price $22.942020-01-23 — best price $26.992020-04-13 — best price $22.492020-07-11 — best price $29.992020-10-23 — best price $14.992020-12-21 — best price $13.622021-03-19 — best price $29.992021-06-10 — best price $29.992021-08-30 — best price $9.892021-11-10 — best price $29.992022-01-13 — best price $9.902022-04-07 — best price $29.992022-06-28 — best price $29.992022-09-14 — best price $5.952022-11-29 — best price $24.292023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-05-02 — best price $6.252023-07-23 — best price $6.252023-09-26 — best price $23.992023-12-07 — best price $23.992024-03-04 — best price $7.492024-05-09 — best price $5.992024-08-05 — best price $7.492024-11-01 — best price $7.492025-01-07 — best price $29.992025-04-04 — best price $5.622025-06-18 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-12-11 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $29.992026-08-14 — best price $4.492026-09-13 — best price $29.992026-10-13 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

462762026-06-01 — 127 pageviews2026-06-05 — 149 pageviews2026-06-09 — 96 pageviews2026-06-13 — 126 pageviews2026-06-17 — 106 pageviews2026-06-21 — 129 pageviews2026-06-25 — 124 pageviews2026-06-29 — 93 pageviews2026-07-03 — 106 pageviews2026-07-07 — 128 pageviews2026-07-11 — 118 pageviews2026-07-15 — 114 pageviews2026-07-19 — 114 pageviews2026-07-23 — 90 pageviews2026-07-27 — 435 pageviews2026-07-31 — 156 pageviews2026-08-04 — 237 pageviews2026-08-08 — 272 pageviews2026-08-12 — 157 pageviews2026-08-16 — 206 pageviews2026-08-20 — 161 pageviews2026-08-24 — 159 pageviews2026-08-28 — 113 pageviews2026-09-01 — 144 pageviews2026-09-05 — 112 pageviews2026-09-09 — 141 pageviews2026-09-13 — 115 pageviews2026-09-17 — 140 pageviews2026-09-21 — 122 pageviews2026-09-25 — 104 pageviews2026-09-29 — 103 pageviews2026-10-03 — 131 pageviews2026-10-07 — 76 pageviews2026-10-11 — 92 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
39.6%
earned "Mint I"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hindi

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)13,16438%31
Steam (Steam)9,10614%30
Xbox One (Xbox)6,46112%30
Windows (Xbox)95910%30
Switch (Nintendo)920%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGGoreLootCo-opActionTop-DownAdventureIsometricAction RPGLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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