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From The Darkness cover art

From The Darkness

N4bA · 2021-03-30

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

From The Darkness is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 3535 reviews) sentiment.

3
playing now
89%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7,251
twitch viewers (latest)
7251.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

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

From the darkness is a first-person horror game that focuses on creating fear in the player. Most of the time you have to walk and explore the abandoned apartment of your deceased grandfather, to which you came for an old family album, but strange things begin to happen in the apartment, the one who lives in darkness will not let you go so easily. Your main task is to get out alive, but this can only be done by meeting face to face with an inhabitant of darkness.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

From The Darkness trailer thumbnail

From The Darkness - Horror Game Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 212 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 71k–159k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,535 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.00 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420212026Week of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$3.002021-03-302026-07-092021-03-30 — best price $6.292021-06-24 — best price $5.592021-10-28 — best price $5.242021-11-24 — best price $4.682022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-03-16 — best price $3.492023-06-29 — best price $4.192023-10-26 — best price $3.072023-11-26 — best price $4.192023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $3.072024-10-28 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $4.892024-12-19 — best price $5.242025-01-09 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-04-06 — best price $6.992025-05-12 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-08-03 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-01 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-05-14 — best price $6.992026-06-20 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DDarkIndieHorrorLinearViolentAdventureRealisticAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.