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Daymare: 1998 cover art

Daymare: 1998

Invader Studios · 2019-09-17

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Apr 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

3
playing now
69%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (1.5k downloads)
3.62★
PlayStation Store rating (1,732 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Daymare: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game developed by Invader Studios and published by Destructive Creations and All In! Games on September 17, 2019, for Microsoft Windows, and on April 28, 2020, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Trailer

Daymare: 1998 trailer thumbnail

Daymare: 1998 - Announcement Trailer

≈153,004 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 180 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 107k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,288 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$2.60-91%
GOG$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
GamersGate$3.00-90%
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at GamersGate (2024-06-24) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 129 of 167 observed days · $0.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20520520192026Week of 2019-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1285Sep 2019Aug 2026Sep 2019 — avg 128 · peak 335Dec 2019 — avg 20 · peak 51Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 50Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 55Sep 2020 — avg 18 · peak 60Dec 2020 — avg 13 · peak 32Mar 2021 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 34Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 39Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 32Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Mar 2023 — avg 32 · peak 204Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 35Sep 2023 — avg 33 · peak 129Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 57Jun 2024 — avg 12 · peak 44Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 36Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 44Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.03$2.182019-09-062026-10-152019-09-06 — best price $29.992019-12-06 — best price $20.992020-02-26 — best price $19.492020-09-14 — best price $8.992021-04-05 — best price $29.992021-09-11 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-22 — best price $5.992022-08-05 — best price $11.992022-10-29 — best price $8.982022-12-21 — best price $5.992023-02-07 — best price $8.992023-03-24 — best price $24.522023-06-30 — best price $2.992023-12-04 — best price $4.492024-03-15 — best price $29.992024-05-27 — best price $2.992024-07-15 — best price $2.252024-08-19 — best price $2.252024-09-30 — best price $22.492024-11-08 — best price $2.992024-12-09 — best price $2.992025-01-16 — best price $29.992025-03-07 — best price $2.992025-04-28 — best price $23.612025-06-02 — best price $2.392025-07-23 — best price $2.992025-09-15 — best price $24.592025-11-21 — best price $23.992026-01-18 — best price $29.992026-02-28 — best price $29.992026-04-01 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $2.992026-06-19 — best price $23.992026-08-07 — best price $2.602026-08-22 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $29.992026-09-21 — best price $2.602026-10-06 — best price $2.602026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

262252026-05-30 — 61 pageviews2026-06-03 — 55 pageviews2026-06-07 — 30 pageviews2026-06-11 — 52 pageviews2026-06-15 — 262 pageviews2026-06-19 — 55 pageviews2026-06-23 — 57 pageviews2026-06-27 — 46 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 39 pageviews2026-07-09 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 34 pageviews2026-07-17 — 40 pageviews2026-07-21 — 28 pageviews2026-07-25 — 30 pageviews2026-07-29 — 32 pageviews2026-08-02 — 46 pageviews2026-08-06 — 29 pageviews2026-08-10 — 29 pageviews2026-08-14 — 36 pageviews2026-08-18 — 44 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-26 — 52 pageviews2026-08-30 — 36 pageviews2026-09-03 — 44 pageviews2026-09-07 — 44 pageviews2026-09-11 — 38 pageviews2026-09-15 — 54 pageviews2026-09-19 — 40 pageviews2026-09-23 — 64 pageviews2026-09-27 — 50 pageviews2026-10-01 — 57 pageviews2026-10-05 — 52 pageviews2026-10-08 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
44.3%
earned "Chapter 1"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Arabic

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,98325%46
Steam (Steam)2,5578%45
Xbox One (Xbox)9818%45

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

GoreIndieActionHorrorNudityShooterViolentZombiesSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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