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Escape the Darkness cover art

Escape the Darkness

Indie Ninjas · 2018-04-03

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the world where dangerous adventures are a fact of life, three brothers were born. They grew up brave warriors and were always together, but the fate separated them. Later, fighting the undead yet another time, the youngest brother made a fatal mistake. This is how our story begins...

Escape the Darkness is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 45 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 45 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
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.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22 reviews).
  • · Top 57% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182024Week of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 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 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 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 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492018-04-042026-08-172018-04-04 — best price $0.842018-06-21 — best price $0.842018-10-30 — best price $0.842018-11-21 — best price $0.842018-12-20 — best price $0.842019-02-04 — best price $0.842019-07-13 — best price $0.592020-06-25 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492023-08-07 — best price $0.742023-10-02 — best price $0.892023-11-13 — best price $0.892023-11-21 — best price $0.692023-12-21 — best price $0.592024-01-15 — best price $0.692024-02-26 — best price $0.592024-03-14 — best price $0.692024-04-08 — best price $0.642024-05-20 — best price $0.542024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-07-15 — best price $0.492024-08-26 — best price $0.592024-10-07 — best price $0.692024-11-27 — best price $0.792024-12-09 — best price $0.792024-12-20 — best price $0.692025-06-26 — best price $0.742025-08-20 — best price $0.892025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-10-13 — best price $0.992025-12-08 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-02-09 — best price $0.992026-06-01 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $2.542026-08-10 — best price $2.392026-08-17 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "WELOVEGAMES"
39.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualRunnerFantasyStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

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