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The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

Daedalic Entertainment · 2012-06-22

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AdventureIndie

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 10, 2013 (Mac), Jun 22, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 27, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 27, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jan 27, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 23, 2024 (Linux)

Face your Destiny! In Andergast, whose inhabitants are considered to be superstitious, King Efferdan awaits a state visit from high-ranking dignitaries. For centuries the kingdom has been at odds with neighboring Nostria, but now first steps are being undertaken toward a lasting peace.

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 2558 reviews).

13
playing now
87%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (197 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a 2012 graphic adventure game developed by the German studio Daedalic Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. Part of The Dark Eye series, the game is set in the fictional place of Aventuria within the Kingdom of Andergast. The player controls the protagonist, Geron, who tries to save the town from disaster.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 129 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 102k–205k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,558 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.59-92%
GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-08-27) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 151 of 187 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7312026-09-14 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 56 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 60 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2004Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 40 · peak 136Dec 2012 — avg 18 · peak 75May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 47Oct 2013 — avg 29 · peak 107Mar 2014 — avg 30 · peak 145Aug 2014 — avg 19 · peak 55Jan 2015 — avg 18 · peak 63Jun 2015 — avg 22 · peak 91Nov 2015 — avg 17 · peak 69Apr 2016 — avg 13 · peak 37Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 36Feb 2017 — avg 15 · peak 48Jul 2017 — avg 16 · peak 43Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 37May 2018 — avg 11 · peak 36Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 38Mar 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2019 — avg 9 · peak 28Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 28Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 38Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 32Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 24Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 69 · peak 262Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 82
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.40$1.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.212015-04-23 — best price $3.992015-07-30 — best price $3.992015-11-27 — best price $4.002016-02-29 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-12-19 — best price $2.992017-05-09 — best price $19.992017-10-30 — best price $1.992018-04-23 — best price $19.992018-08-30 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $1.992019-05-07 — best price $19.992019-10-07 — best price $19.992020-01-30 — best price $16.192020-05-01 — best price $1.992020-08-19 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $1.792021-02-22 — best price $14.342021-05-13 — best price $1.992021-08-19 — best price $1.992021-11-29 — best price $19.992022-03-01 — best price $2.002022-05-28 — best price $19.992022-09-20 — best price $19.992023-01-16 — best price $1.592023-05-10 — best price $14.692023-08-25 — best price $1.992023-12-22 — best price $1.992024-04-18 — best price $1.992024-08-12 — best price $14.392025-01-04 — best price $19.992025-06-16 — best price $1.082025-09-29 — best price $1.802026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-05-06 — best price $19.992026-08-14 — best price $1.992026-09-28 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3472026-05-30 — 18 pageviews2026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 18 pageviews2026-06-15 — 18 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 15 pageviews2026-06-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-01 — 19 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-09 — 16 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-10 — 18 pageviews2026-08-14 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 17 pageviews2026-08-30 — 34 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 19 pageviews2026-09-11 — 19 pageviews2026-09-15 — 26 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 15 pageviews2026-09-27 — 19 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-09 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
54.2%
earned "Rise from the dirt"
14.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,65815%36
Xbox One (Xbox)16231%36
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

2DIndieRetroPuzzleClassicFantasyMedievalAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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