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The Dark Eye: Memoria

Daedalic Entertainment · 2013-08-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 29, 2013 (Mac), Jan 27, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 27, 2021 (Xbox One), Jan 27, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jan 27, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.

The Dark Eye: Memoria is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 2516 reviews) sentiment.

17
playing now
89%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
4.08★
PlayStation Store rating (156 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 8.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

The Dark Eye: Memoria is a 2013 German point-and-click adventure game, developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game is part of the video game series based on The Dark Eye, and is a direct sequel to Chains of Satinav. The game's story takes place after the events of the previous game, and focus upon Geron's quest to find a way to help his fairy Nuri recover, only to become caught in trying to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of a heroic princess called Sadja and the quest she undertook. Following its release, the game received favourable reviews. The game was released for Windows and OS X on 30 August 2013. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 27 January 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 126 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 142% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 101k–201k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,516 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-04) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 149 of 185 observed days · $1.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek 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: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6702026-09-14 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 67 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1863Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 50 · peak 314Jan 2014 — avg 13 · peak 55May 2014 — avg 16 · peak 69Sep 2014 — avg 18 · peak 90Jan 2015 — avg 20 · peak 66May 2015 — avg 12 · peak 37Sep 2015 — avg 24 · peak 84Jan 2016 — avg 34 · peak 126May 2016 — avg 23 · peak 77Sep 2016 — avg 22 · peak 69Jan 2017 — avg 23 · peak 66May 2017 — avg 18 · peak 49Sep 2017 — avg 17 · peak 52Jan 2018 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 44Sep 2018 — avg 11 · peak 33Jan 2019 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2019 — avg 12 · peak 40Sep 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2020 — avg 10 · peak 31May 2020 — avg 15 · peak 42Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 35Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 35May 2021 — avg 12 · peak 63Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 181Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 30May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 23Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 86May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 213Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 18May 2026 — avg 36 · peak 252Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 110
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.982015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.642015-05-22 — best price $19.992015-09-08 — best price $19.992016-01-08 — best price $2.992016-05-05 — best price $3.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992017-02-23 — best price $4.492017-09-14 — best price $19.992018-03-31 — best price $19.992018-08-30 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $15.992019-08-12 — best price $1.992020-01-04 — best price $19.992020-05-04 — best price $1.992020-09-12 — best price $19.992021-01-03 — best price $19.992021-04-01 — best price $1.792021-06-25 — best price $1.992021-10-07 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-05-10 — best price $17.992022-09-09 — best price $17.992023-01-20 — best price $1.702023-06-11 — best price $1.992023-11-20 — best price $1.492024-03-18 — best price $2.002024-07-13 — best price $19.992024-10-26 — best price $0.982025-04-04 — best price $1.402025-08-11 — best price $2.002025-12-02 — best price $14.692026-04-06 — best price $9.392026-07-31 — best price $9.492026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4462026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 28 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 19 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 15 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 12 pageviews2026-09-05 — 44 pageviews2026-09-09 — 25 pageviews2026-09-13 — 28 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 17 pageviews2026-09-25 — 13 pageviews2026-09-29 — 9 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
27.2%
earned "Chapter One Complete"
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)9660%31
Switch (Nintendo)80%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

2DIndieRetro1990'sPuzzleClassicFantasyAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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