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The Dark Eye: Memoria

Daedalic Entertainment · 2013-08-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player

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.

12
playing now
89%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 8.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 12 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 19% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 100k–201k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,509 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 116 of 162 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

2312026-08-06 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.982015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.642015-05-04 — best price $5.002015-07-30 — best price $5.002015-11-06 — best price $19.992016-02-14 — best price $4.992016-05-27 — best price $4.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992017-01-19 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-12-27 — best price $19.992018-05-21 — best price $19.992018-09-28 — best price $15.082019-02-04 — best price $15.992019-07-16 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $1.992020-03-13 — best price $1.592020-07-03 — best price $1.992020-10-01 — best price $1.992021-01-03 — best price $19.992021-03-19 — best price $1.992021-05-24 — best price $3.992021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-11-19 — best price $1.582022-02-21 — best price $1.992022-05-10 — best price $17.992022-08-19 — best price $1.992022-12-03 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $19.992023-07-31 — best price $15.992023-12-05 — best price $1.992024-03-18 — best price $2.002024-06-15 — best price $19.992024-09-28 — best price $2.002024-12-11 — best price $1.992025-05-08 — best price $1.992025-08-24 — best price $19.992025-12-02 — best price $14.692026-03-13 — best price $2.002026-06-22 — best price $2.002026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2852026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 19 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 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

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.

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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