The Game Census
DooM in the Dark cover art

DooM in the Dark

VikTor · 2019-03-08

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The space station has undergone an unknown contamination from space, the previously unknown X virus mutates, almost the entire station crew is infected, you need to stop the army of mutants before they break through to Earth and doomsday began!

DooM in the Dark is a 2019 Action, Indie game priced at $0.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Negative (24% of 29 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
24%
positive of 29 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 28,403 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.50 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320192026Week of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.502019-03-092026-08-242019-03-09 — best price $4.492019-06-26 — best price $2.992019-09-23 — best price $2.692019-11-26 — best price $2.272020-01-08 — best price $2.092020-03-04 — best price $1.732020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-10-12 — best price $5.992020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-06-14 — best price $5.992021-08-19 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992021-12-16 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-04-15 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-10-10 — best price $5.992022-12-26 — best price $5.992023-03-26 — best price $5.992023-06-22 — best price $5.992023-09-25 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-03-09 — best price $5.992024-06-05 — best price $5.992024-07-26 — best price $5.992024-11-04 — best price $5.992024-12-16 — best price $5.992025-01-29 — best price $5.992025-04-21 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $0.502025-08-25 — best price $0.512025-10-27 — best price $0.512025-12-18 — best price $0.512026-03-02 — best price $0.512026-04-13 — best price $0.512026-07-06 — best price $0.512026-08-24 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
43%
earned "Flew to the station"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, German, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Player tags

3DFPSGoreSpaceActionDemonsSci-fiShooterZombiesSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.