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KARMA: The Dark World

POLLARD STUDIO LLC · Wired Productions · 2025-03-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 10, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

9
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

For some reason, you’ve returned here. Everything has become strange. Your name, your appearance, your voice, and all your memories. Through the help of an old man, you connected with your past memories by way of a strange tape, and embarked on a journey to find your memories. In this dark world, experience strange encounters and wade through fragmented memories. As an investigation officer, uncover the truth and find the source of all the happenings.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 108 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,153 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 90k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,519 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.99-32%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at Steam (2026-05-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 37 of 58 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20252026Week of 2025-03-27: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 394 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-08-11 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.992025-03-272026-08-302025-03-27 — best price $22.492025-05-11 — best price $24.992025-05-19 — best price $24.992025-05-26 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $24.992025-08-26 — best price $19.992025-09-19 — best price $24.992025-09-25 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $17.492025-11-05 — best price $24.992025-11-25 — best price $16.242026-01-03 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $24.992026-02-04 — best price $16.742026-02-20 — best price $16.742026-03-09 — best price $17.492026-03-23 — best price $24.992026-04-09 — best price $16.752026-05-11 — best price $12.992026-06-05 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $12.992026-07-21 — best price $16.992026-08-26 — best price $16.992026-08-29 — best price $16.992026-08-30 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
93.6%
earned "Missions? What Missions?"
49.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualSense Controller SupportStereo SoundSurround Sound3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,08317%24
Xbox Series (Xbox)12425%24

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

HorrorSci-fiAdventureDystopian Story RichAtmosphericPsychedelicExperimentalFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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