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Darkwood cover art

Darkwood

Acid Wizard Studio · Hooded Horse · 2017-08-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 07, 2021 (Google Stadia), Aug 17, 2017 (Linux), Aug 17, 2017 (Mac), May 16, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Darkwood is a 2017 Action, Adventure, RPG, and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 24,781 reviews).

272
playing now
95%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60
twitch viewers (latest)
5.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (81 ratings)
37
Nexus mods (43k downloads)
4.64★
PlayStation Store rating (2,889 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 77% recommend · from 44 critics
15h
to beat · rushed 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Darkwood is a 2017 survival horror video game developed and published by Acid Wizard Studio. The game was first released through Steam Early Access on July 24, 2014, eventually becoming a full game release on August 17, 2017 for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The game was also ported to consoles by Crunching Koalas and was released for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in May 2019, for Google Stadia on September 17, 2021 and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on October 28 and December 23, 2022. In 2025, Hooded Horse acquired the publishing rights for the PC version of the game.

Trailer

Darkwood trailer thumbnail

Darkwood | Launch Trailer | PS4

≈394,166 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 272 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,849 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~231/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 629k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,159 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.57 at GameBillet (2026-03-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 173 of 179 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
46146120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

334532026-09-15 12:00 — 97 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 116 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 83 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 94 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 170 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 80 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 53 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 106 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 82 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 108 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 97 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 83 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 64 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 212 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 194 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 188 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 275 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 164 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 188 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 332 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 322 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 228 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 272 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2540Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2014 — avg 48 · peak 147Dec 2014 — avg 12 · peak 40Apr 2015 — avg 10 · peak 37Aug 2015 — avg 15 · peak 48Dec 2015 — avg 12 · peak 58Apr 2016 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2016 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2017 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2017 — avg 234 · peak 1,008Dec 2017 — avg 95 · peak 223Apr 2018 — avg 43 · peak 90Aug 2018 — avg 55 · peak 211Dec 2018 — avg 55 · peak 175Apr 2019 — avg 29 · peak 66Aug 2019 — avg 173 · peak 1,047Dec 2019 — avg 62 · peak 118Apr 2020 — avg 64 · peak 108Aug 2020 — avg 228 · peak 655Dec 2020 — avg 116 · peak 231Apr 2021 — avg 71 · peak 125Aug 2021 — avg 144 · peak 584Dec 2021 — avg 136 · peak 273Apr 2022 — avg 244 · peak 1,295Aug 2022 — avg 128 · peak 307Dec 2022 — avg 170 · peak 690Apr 2023 — avg 108 · peak 333Aug 2023 — avg 80 · peak 134Dec 2023 — avg 112 · peak 271Apr 2024 — avg 156 · peak 629Aug 2024 — avg 109 · peak 223Dec 2024 — avg 137 · peak 238Apr 2025 — avg 118 · peak 290Aug 2025 — avg 99 · peak 170Dec 2025 — avg 138 · peak 275Apr 2026 — avg 160 · peak 313Aug 2026 — avg 125 · peak 251
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.242017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-10-02 — best price $14.992019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-08-29 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-04-03 — best price $5.992020-10-29 — best price $5.092021-02-19 — best price $14.992021-08-23 — best price $4.942021-11-15 — best price $14.992022-01-07 — best price $11.992022-03-03 — best price $4.942022-05-11 — best price $5.092022-08-01 — best price $4.492022-10-11 — best price $14.992022-11-15 — best price $14.992023-01-31 — best price $14.992023-04-25 — best price $14.992023-09-25 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $3.742024-06-06 — best price $3.742024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-12-14 — best price $3.752026-01-24 — best price $3.002026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-04-03 — best price $14.992026-04-29 — best price $2.822026-05-23 — best price $3.002026-06-19 — best price $3.002026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-08-19 — best price $3.992026-09-07 — best price $3.992026-09-22 — best price $3.992026-10-07 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7331282026-05-13 — 258 pageviews2026-05-17 — 253 pageviews2026-05-21 — 206 pageviews2026-05-25 — 208 pageviews2026-05-29 — 182 pageviews2026-06-02 — 211 pageviews2026-06-06 — 147 pageviews2026-06-10 — 217 pageviews2026-06-14 — 195 pageviews2026-06-18 — 154 pageviews2026-06-22 — 180 pageviews2026-06-26 — 145 pageviews2026-06-30 — 160 pageviews2026-07-04 — 162 pageviews2026-07-08 — 211 pageviews2026-07-12 — 217 pageviews2026-07-16 — 203 pageviews2026-07-20 — 177 pageviews2026-07-24 — 173 pageviews2026-07-28 — 199 pageviews2026-08-01 — 200 pageviews2026-08-05 — 217 pageviews2026-08-09 — 278 pageviews2026-08-13 — 152 pageviews2026-08-17 — 214 pageviews2026-08-21 — 193 pageviews2026-08-25 — 183 pageviews2026-08-29 — 171 pageviews2026-09-02 — 174 pageviews2026-09-06 — 136 pageviews2026-09-10 — 130 pageviews2026-09-14 — 161 pageviews2026-09-18 — 158 pageviews2026-09-22 — 151 pageviews2026-09-26 — 164 pageviews2026-09-30 — 167 pageviews2026-10-04 — 194 pageviews2026-10-08 — 206 pageviews2026-10-12 — 227 pageviews2026-10-13 — 228 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

60022026-10-06 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 66 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 284 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 142 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 219 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 504 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 600 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 60 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "Finished prologue"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TV2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Polish, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Hungarian, French

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-09-06, latest 2019-09-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)20,8373%15
Xbox One (Xbox)3,4291%15
PS4 (PlayStation)1,9287%16
PS4 (PlayStation)1,46810%16
PS5 (PlayStation)1,1946%16
Switch (Nintendo)1930%0
PS4 (PlayStation)3110%16
Switch (Nintendo)0—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

RPGDarkIndieHorrorCraftingSurvivalTop-DownAdventureOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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