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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

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).

232
playing now
95%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,184
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (81 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

232 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 232 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 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 620k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,781 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$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 135 of 138 observed days · $1.42 above the 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

232762026-08-06 21:00 — 132 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 88 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 141 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 133 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 118 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 144 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 144 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 112 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 171 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 144 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 88 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 150 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 126 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 76 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 146 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 113 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 81 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 148 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 134 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 103 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 106 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 118 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 110 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 116 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 151 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 124 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 108 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 171 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 162 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 232 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.592015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7331362026-05-13 — 258 pageviews2026-05-16 — 232 pageviews2026-05-19 — 733 pageviews2026-05-22 — 205 pageviews2026-05-25 — 208 pageviews2026-05-28 — 221 pageviews2026-05-31 — 179 pageviews2026-06-03 — 172 pageviews2026-06-06 — 147 pageviews2026-06-09 — 203 pageviews2026-06-12 — 211 pageviews2026-06-15 — 184 pageviews2026-06-18 — 154 pageviews2026-06-21 — 151 pageviews2026-06-24 — 433 pageviews2026-06-27 — 136 pageviews2026-06-30 — 160 pageviews2026-07-03 — 186 pageviews2026-07-06 — 164 pageviews2026-07-09 — 176 pageviews2026-07-12 — 217 pageviews2026-07-15 — 249 pageviews2026-07-18 — 198 pageviews2026-07-21 — 188 pageviews2026-07-24 — 173 pageviews2026-07-27 — 214 pageviews2026-07-30 — 159 pageviews2026-08-02 — 231 pageviews2026-08-05 — 217 pageviews2026-08-08 — 280 pageviews2026-08-11 — 235 pageviews2026-08-14 — 147 pageviews2026-08-17 — 214 pageviews2026-08-20 — 150 pageviews2026-08-23 — 211 pageviews2026-08-24 — 202 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.2k02026-08-21 21:12 — 4,184 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 13 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 90 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

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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