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DARQ: Complete Edition cover art

DARQ: Complete Edition

Unfold Games · 2019-08-15

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 03, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 02, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 02, 2023 (Xbox One)

DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

1
playing now
94%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (59 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 1.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Darq is a puzzle-platform adventure game developed by independent studio Unfold Games. Marketed as a psychological horror game, Darq follows a boy named Lloyd, who is trapped in a lucid dream state, as he manipulates the physics system which governs his dream world in order to solve puzzles and evade enemies. The game was initially released for Microsoft Windows on August 15, 2019. An updated version of the game titled Darq: Complete Edition, which collects the base game and all downloadable content, was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on December 4, 2020, and ported for multiple console platforms in March 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (523 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 105k–252k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,194 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2024-10-30) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49149120192026Week of 2019-08-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-08-152026-07-172019-08-15 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $13.392020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $19.992020-10-03 — best price $7.992020-11-27 — best price $13.992021-01-16 — best price $8.992021-03-26 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $3.992021-08-09 — best price $19.992021-11-04 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $3.592022-08-19 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-02-10 — best price $19.992023-05-01 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-26 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-02-17 — best price $10.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-08 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $7.992024-08-01 — best price $6.192024-10-30 — best price $1.992024-11-26 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-02-12 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $6.792025-06-10 — best price $13.992025-09-08 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-06-03 — best price $9.992026-07-17 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8062026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 15 pageviews2026-07-17 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 49 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 23 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-16 — 20 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
43.8%
earned "Awaken"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Dutch…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)25718%17
Switch (Nintendo)30%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2.5DDarkHorrorPuzzleStealthSurrealAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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