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Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

Invader Studios · Leonardo Interactive · 2023-08-30

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 26, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 30, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 30, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Step into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit and prepare to face the true horror.

75%
positive of 932 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
59/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3.93★
PlayStation Store rating (1,150 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a 2023 survival horror game developed by Invader Studios and published by Leonardo Interactive.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 78 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (243 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 15,545 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 932 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-50%
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.34 at GameBillet (2026-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 64 of 103 observed days · $2.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15815820232026Week of 2023-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$9.342023-08-302026-09-162023-08-30 — best price $26.992023-12-04 — best price $26.992024-02-07 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $23.992024-04-04 — best price $29.992024-04-13 — best price $23.692024-05-14 — best price $20.992024-06-03 — best price $29.992024-07-22 — best price $20.992024-10-23 — best price $29.992024-11-16 — best price $23.892024-12-11 — best price $14.992025-01-13 — best price $17.992025-03-03 — best price $12.002025-04-21 — best price $29.992025-05-26 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-26 — best price $14.992025-09-17 — best price $29.092025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-16 — best price $11.382025-10-27 — best price $14.992025-11-09 — best price $24.872025-12-01 — best price $24.872026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-02 — best price $23.892026-03-04 — best price $14.992026-03-31 — best price $14.992026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-05-12 — best price $14.992026-06-12 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-29 — best price $29.992026-08-24 — best price $9.342026-09-04 — best price $28.892026-09-16 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

51112026-06-18 — 36 pageviews2026-06-21 — 31 pageviews2026-06-24 — 27 pageviews2026-06-27 — 51 pageviews2026-06-30 — 41 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 22 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 26 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-11 — 18 pageviews2026-08-14 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 34 pageviews2026-08-20 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 33 pageviews2026-08-26 — 33 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-04 — 33 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-13 — 23 pageviews2026-09-15 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
90.5%
earned "Pale and Shovel"
36.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-09-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,33323%31
Steam (Steam)4848%30
Xbox Series (Xbox)33311%30
PS4 (PlayStation)15134%31
PS5 (PlayStation)5625%31
PS5 (PlayStation)4439%31
Xbox One (Xbox)4033%30
PS4 (PlayStation)1663%31
PS4 (PlayStation)771%31
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

GoreActionCombatHorrorShooterViolentMilitaryAdventureOld SchoolStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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