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Deep Dark Forest

pixiangames · 2025-04-15

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You will have to lead the civilization, develop the economy, enhance the technology, stabilize the people and colonize new galaxies; when encountering unknown civilizations, will you hide yourself or communicate with them in a friendly way? In this "dark forest", every decision will be crucial.

Deep Dark Forest is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $7.99, with Very Positive reviews (87% of 52 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 52 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.39 at Steam (2025-11-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320252026Week of 2025-04-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$6.392025-04-162026-03-262025-04-16 — best price $7.192025-04-29 — best price $7.992025-06-12 — best price $7.192025-06-22 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $7.192025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-07-22 — best price $7.192025-08-05 — best price $7.992025-09-15 — best price $7.192025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-06 — best price $6.392025-11-13 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $6.392026-01-10 — best price $7.992026-02-09 — best price $6.392026-02-23 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $6.392026-03-26 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RTSWarSpaceAliensWargameBuildingMilitaryStrategy3D VisionIsometric

Census log

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

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