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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Supermassive Games · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe · 2021-10-21

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Adventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 22, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 22, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Oct 22, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 22, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is an Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 11023 reviews).

31
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (169 ratings)
20
Nexus mods (7.8k downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (10,453 ratings)
6.4h
to beat · rushed 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is a 2021 interactive drama and survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the third game of The Dark Pictures Anthology. The game features a multilinear plot in which decisions can significantly alter the trajectory of the story and change the relationships between the five playable protagonists; some lead to their permanent deaths. House of Ashes is set during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and follows five characters—four Americans working for the US Armed Forces and one Iraqi Republican Guard—who must escape from an underground Akkadian temple and survive the vampiric creatures that infest the area. Ashley Tisdale, who plays CIA operative Rachel King, was marketed as the game's leading actress. Jason Graves, a long-time collaborator with Supermassive for the series, composed the soundtrack during COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom.

Trailer

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes trailer thumbnail

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Launch Trailer | PS5, PS4

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,207 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~151/week).
  • · Review velocity up 147% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 220k–496k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,023 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-02-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 73 of 101 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 1,194 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

133122026-09-15 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 73 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 124 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 24 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 78 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 47 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 45 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 57 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 63 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 111 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 66 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 84 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 41 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 57 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 120 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k34Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 1,656 · peak 4,573Dec 2021 — avg 160 · peak 460Feb 2022 — avg 85 · peak 246Apr 2022 — avg 61 · peak 163Jun 2022 — avg 129 · peak 295Aug 2022 — avg 67 · peak 185Oct 2022 — avg 74 · peak 308Dec 2022 — avg 115 · peak 362Feb 2023 — avg 49 · peak 132Apr 2023 — avg 40 · peak 114Jun 2023 — avg 35 · peak 91Aug 2023 — avg 39 · peak 100Oct 2023 — avg 92 · peak 380Dec 2023 — avg 71 · peak 203Feb 2024 — avg 75 · peak 230Apr 2024 — avg 53 · peak 137Jun 2024 — avg 68 · peak 184Aug 2024 — avg 51 · peak 141Oct 2024 — avg 68 · peak 293Dec 2024 — avg 82 · peak 215Feb 2025 — avg 80 · peak 290Apr 2025 — avg 47 · peak 168Jun 2025 — avg 69 · peak 235Aug 2025 — avg 57 · peak 146Oct 2025 — avg 68 · peak 273Dec 2025 — avg 63 · peak 191Feb 2026 — avg 224 · peak 1,335Apr 2026 — avg 76 · peak 232Jun 2026 — avg 105 · peak 268Aug 2026 — avg 76 · peak 194
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$5.722021-08-242026-10-112021-08-24 — best price $26.992021-10-31 — best price $29.992022-02-14 — best price $17.502022-04-24 — best price $29.992022-05-26 — best price $25.192022-07-05 — best price $19.792022-08-19 — best price $19.792022-09-26 — best price $11.732022-11-08 — best price $29.992022-12-06 — best price $25.192023-01-20 — best price $14.992023-03-17 — best price $29.992023-05-01 — best price $25.192023-06-19 — best price $15.002023-08-02 — best price $14.992023-09-14 — best price $9.602023-11-01 — best price $8.692023-12-15 — best price $8.692024-01-24 — best price $9.902024-03-11 — best price $7.292024-04-24 — best price $8.512024-06-02 — best price $25.192024-08-02 — best price $7.292024-09-17 — best price $9.602024-10-24 — best price $9.892024-11-24 — best price $25.192025-01-20 — best price $8.692025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-16 — best price $27.592025-06-30 — best price $9.902025-08-29 — best price $29.992025-10-07 — best price $24.872025-11-24 — best price $5.752026-01-24 — best price $7.292026-03-02 — best price $5.882026-04-24 — best price $8.712026-06-11 — best price $26.992026-08-05 — best price $29.992026-10-11 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7861642026-06-02 — 771 pageviews2026-06-06 — 622 pageviews2026-06-10 — 481 pageviews2026-06-14 — 441 pageviews2026-06-18 — 505 pageviews2026-06-22 — 460 pageviews2026-06-26 — 388 pageviews2026-06-30 — 378 pageviews2026-07-04 — 375 pageviews2026-07-08 — 326 pageviews2026-07-12 — 367 pageviews2026-07-16 — 261 pageviews2026-07-20 — 238 pageviews2026-07-24 — 310 pageviews2026-07-28 — 241 pageviews2026-08-01 — 266 pageviews2026-08-05 — 236 pageviews2026-08-09 — 282 pageviews2026-08-13 — 269 pageviews2026-08-17 — 394 pageviews2026-08-21 — 261 pageviews2026-08-25 — 282 pageviews2026-08-29 — 294 pageviews2026-09-02 — 164 pageviews2026-09-06 — 266 pageviews2026-09-10 — 207 pageviews2026-09-14 — 274 pageviews2026-09-18 — 254 pageviews2026-09-22 — 252 pageviews2026-09-26 — 283 pageviews2026-09-30 — 207 pageviews2026-10-04 — 283 pageviews2026-10-08 — 261 pageviews2026-10-11 — 271 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
77.8%
earned "The Sword and the Shield"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)20,58213%31
PS4 (PlayStation)12,59715%31
Steam (Steam)9,3223%30
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6,1474%30

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

DemonsHorrorMysteryMilitaryAdventureMythologyNonlinearStory RichAtmosphericChoices Matter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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