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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

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.

9
playing now
87%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 9 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 19% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 102k–204k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,551 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.60-92%
GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 119 of 162 observed days · $0.61 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

3822026-08-06 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.40$1.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.60
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2752026-05-30 — 18 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-11 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 16 pageviews2026-06-29 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-10 — 18 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 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

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.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroPuzzleClassicFantasyMedievalAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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