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Shot In The Dark

Technomancy Studios · 2015-06-10

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndieEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 10, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shot in the Dark is a multiplayer arena FPS that takes place in a dystopian future where multiple factions have sent their agents to kill for sensitive government information. You take control of one of these agents in an attempt to survive this low-light arena skirmish... in the dark.

Shot In The Dark is an Action, Free To Play, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2015, free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed sentiment (47% of 177 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 177 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2015-06-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820152026Week of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.49$0.002015-06-042015-12-172015-06-04 — best price $22.492015-06-10 — best price $7.492015-06-11 — best price $4.992015-06-17 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-12-17 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
30.4%
earned "Shot In The Dark"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSDarkIndieActionMultiplayerEarly AccessFree to Play

Census log

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

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