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Despair: Blood Curse

Crimson Sequence · 2024-01-10

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?

82%
positive of 154 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 20,047 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2025-10-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 9 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520242026Week of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$2.992026-09-192026-09-272026-09-19 — best price $2.992026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-09-21 — best price $11.992026-09-22 — best price $11.992026-09-23 — best price $11.992026-09-24 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

DarkGoreBloodActionHorrorPuzzleShooterAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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