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Darwin Project

Scavengers Studio · 2020-01-13

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 09, 2018 (Xbox One), Mar 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 14, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.

Darwin Project is a free-to-play Action, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2020, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 18,345 reviews).

2
playing now
82%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (17,810 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 60% recommend · from 10 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Darwin Project is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle royale game developed and published by Scavengers Studio. It was released on January 14, 2020, for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

Trailer

Darwin Project trailer thumbnail

Darwin Project - Official Trailer | PS4

≈365,033 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 179 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,187 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2018-03-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,801 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,679 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 508 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,517 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-09-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.5k2Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 332 · peak 3,227Apr 2018 — avg 1,935 · peak 12,513Jul 2018 — avg 542 · peak 1,080Oct 2018 — avg 364 · peak 854Jan 2019 — avg 207 · peak 559Apr 2019 — avg 117 · peak 314Jul 2019 — avg 83 · peak 207Oct 2019 — avg 69 · peak 211Jan 2020 — avg 807 · peak 2,370Apr 2020 — avg 301 · peak 726Jul 2020 — avg 79 · peak 180Oct 2020 — avg 43 · peak 110Jan 2021 — avg 52 · peak 134Apr 2021 — avg 49 · peak 136Jul 2021 — avg 30 · peak 73Oct 2021 — avg 23 · peak 113Jan 2022 — avg 23 · peak 73Apr 2022 — avg 16 · peak 59Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 107Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 53Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 41Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 27Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 28Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 71Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 198
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

4842026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 23 pageviews2026-08-21 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 24 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 12 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 6 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
9.4%
earned "Everyone Remembers Their First"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)24,6971%14
Steam (Steam)4,1454%14
Xbox One (Xbox)3,6213%14

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

PvPCo-opIndieActionShooterCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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