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Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

Slitherine Ltd. · 2024-02-21

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Strategy

Franchise: Terminator · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance is a 2024 Strategy game priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 4468 reviews).

254
playing now
83%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73
Nexus mods (271k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance trailer thumbnail

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance: Evolution | Launch Trailer [GOG]

≈57,943 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 254 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 362 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 14,126 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 91k–205k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,562 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$27.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Fanatical (2025-11-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 143 of 200 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57957920242026Week of 2024-02-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

705722026-09-15 15:00 — 134 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 103 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 108 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 182 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 174 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 111 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 698 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 570 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 450 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 622 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 608 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 293 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 362 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 458 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 317 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 273 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 423 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 246 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 226 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 472 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 274 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 161 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 254 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
697115Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 697 · peak 1,977Apr 2024 — avg 209 · peak 482May 2024 — avg 134 · peak 273Jun 2024 — avg 169 · peak 409Jul 2024 — avg 173 · peak 364Aug 2024 — avg 128 · peak 281Sep 2024 — avg 136 · peak 329Oct 2024 — avg 125 · peak 281Nov 2024 — avg 127 · peak 226Dec 2024 — avg 311 · peak 722Jan 2025 — avg 245 · peak 477Feb 2025 — avg 150 · peak 314Mar 2025 — avg 167 · peak 345Apr 2025 — avg 152 · peak 275May 2025 — avg 139 · peak 287Jun 2025 — avg 115 · peak 235Jul 2025 — avg 240 · peak 1,420Aug 2025 — avg 597 · peak 1,603Sep 2025 — avg 275 · peak 543Oct 2025 — avg 223 · peak 438Nov 2025 — avg 175 · peak 299Dec 2025 — avg 197 · peak 397Jan 2026 — avg 202 · peak 348Feb 2026 — avg 189 · peak 334Mar 2026 — avg 176 · peak 322Apr 2026 — avg 208 · peak 377May 2026 — avg 181 · peak 345Jun 2026 — avg 165 · peak 301Jul 2026 — avg 170 · peak 373Aug 2026 — avg 160 · peak 317
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
662026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$898.10$0.002022-09-142026-10-142022-09-14 — best price $898.102024-04-18 — best price $33.792024-05-29 — best price $33.052024-07-05 — best price $29.992024-08-10 — best price $39.992024-08-28 — best price $28.392024-09-26 — best price $39.992024-11-05 — best price $35.992024-11-29 — best price $25.262024-12-21 — best price $26.222025-01-05 — best price $33.192025-01-28 — best price $39.992025-03-06 — best price $39.992025-04-03 — best price $29.992025-04-21 — best price $27.992025-05-22 — best price $22.512025-06-10 — best price $29.992025-07-14 — best price $20.742025-08-15 — best price $24.592025-09-10 — best price $29.932025-10-16 — best price $29.992025-11-18 — best price $33.202025-12-10 — best price $22.722026-01-14 — best price $39.992026-02-16 — best price $27.992026-03-11 — best price $25.992026-04-10 — best price $18.732026-05-13 — best price $39.992026-06-13 — best price $39.992026-07-20 — best price $18.732026-08-26 — best price $27.992026-09-10 — best price $39.992026-09-25 — best price $27.992026-10-10 — best price $27.992026-10-14 — best price $27.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

902026-10-01 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
76.2%
earned "Good beginning"
23%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2024-03-08, latest 2026-09-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2551%80

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DRTSDarkDramaWargameStrategyEmotionalConspiracyDystopian Futuristic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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