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Darkwind cover art

Darkwind

Psychic Software · 2014-08-22

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRacingRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 05, 2014 (Mac)

Darkwind is a multiplayer online, simultaneous turn-based game of vehicular combat. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it involves physics-based tactical combat and deathracing, online leagues, cooperative wilderness scouting and looting, trading and camp-based crafting. Live and online since 2006!

Darkwind is a 2014 Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer and Racing game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 479 reviews).

2
playing now
52%
positive of 479 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Darkwind: War on Wheels is a turn-based racing and vehicle combat massively multiplayer online game for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X by Irish developer Sam Redfern. It is inspired by the tabletop game Car Wars and the Mad Max movies, but set in an original universe. Darkwind was opened to the public on May 4, 2007, after two years of development and been continually updated. It was re-released for Steam in 2014 as free-to-play.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152026Week of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

612026-09-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
481Aug 2014Aug 2026Aug 2014 — avg 48 · peak 157Dec 2014 — avg 9 · peak 18Apr 2015 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2015 — avg 10 · peak 21Dec 2015 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 20Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

1512026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 2 pageviews2026-09-11 — 12 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 3 pageviews2026-09-27 — 4 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOCross-Platform MultiplayerIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGSci-fiStrategyTacticalPerma DeathFree to PlayOnline Co-OpCombat RacingPost-apocalypticVehicular Combat

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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