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Super Dark Deception

Glowstick Entertainment · 2024-07-12

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ActionIndieRPG

Franchise: Dark Deception · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 12, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2022 (Android), Nov 20, 2022 (iOS), Aug 30, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 29, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 29, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Death awaits you once again in Super Dark Deception, a fun 2D reimagining of the hit horror maze game, Dark Deception!

Super Dark Deception is an Action, Indie and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $17.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 692 reviews).

2
playing now
66%
positive of 692 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (1,807 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 205 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 266% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 692 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 8 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14214220242026Week of 2024-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
472Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 91Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 46Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 235Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$8.992024-07-132026-10-082024-07-13 — best price $16.192024-08-19 — best price $14.392024-09-30 — best price $12.592024-11-11 — best price $13.492024-11-27 — best price $13.492024-12-19 — best price $12.592025-02-28 — best price $13.492025-03-13 — best price $11.692025-04-07 — best price $13.492025-05-19 — best price $13.492025-06-26 — best price $8.992025-07-14 — best price $12.592025-08-25 — best price $13.492025-09-29 — best price $13.492025-10-20 — best price $12.592025-12-18 — best price $12.592026-02-16 — best price $12.592026-03-19 — best price $12.592026-03-30 — best price $12.592026-05-11 — best price $12.592026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-20 — best price $12.592026-08-27 — best price $17.992026-09-10 — best price $17.992026-09-24 — best price $17.992026-10-08 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
78.4%
earned "Sixth Sense"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-06-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)600%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)510%33
Steam (Steam)430%40
PS4 (PlayStation)90%28
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteAnimeActionArcadeDemonsHorrorRunnerCartoonyTop-Down

Census log

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

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