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Daymare: 1998 cover art

Daymare: 1998

Invader Studios · 2019-09-17

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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 rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

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 17% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 107k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,276 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-90%
GamersGate$3.00-90%
GreenManGaming$3.00-90%
GOG$29.99
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 100 of 131 observed days · $0.74 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

1302026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.03$2.182019-09-062026-08-302019-09-06 — 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 $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

262222026-05-30 — 61 pageviews2026-06-02 — 52 pageviews2026-06-05 — 60 pageviews2026-06-08 — 44 pageviews2026-06-11 — 52 pageviews2026-06-14 — 117 pageviews2026-06-17 — 145 pageviews2026-06-20 — 102 pageviews2026-06-23 — 57 pageviews2026-06-26 — 54 pageviews2026-06-29 — 42 pageviews2026-07-02 — 30 pageviews2026-07-05 — 39 pageviews2026-07-08 — 43 pageviews2026-07-11 — 50 pageviews2026-07-14 — 38 pageviews2026-07-17 — 40 pageviews2026-07-20 — 33 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 26 pageviews2026-07-29 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 32 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-10 — 29 pageviews2026-08-13 — 38 pageviews2026-08-16 — 31 pageviews2026-08-19 — 40 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-25 — 47 pageviews2026-08-27 — 44 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.

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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