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The Dark Queen of Mortholme

Mosu · Monster Theater · 2025-08-15

SteamGOG

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 06, 2024 (Mac), Dec 06, 2024 (Linux), Dec 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are the final boss, the Dark Queen of Mortholme, unrivaled in power. A hero invades and is easily crushed. Yet, they keep returning. A short-form indie game about an unusual bond, perspectives, and the beauty of change.

The Dark Queen of Mortholme is a 2025 Indie game priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (83% of 4276 reviews).

83%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
13,412
twitch viewers (latest)
13412.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
1h
to beat · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Trailer

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The Dark Queen of Mortholme | Steam Announcement Trailer

≈4,944 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 355 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 86k–192k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,276 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 83 of 100 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
74674620252026Week of 2025-08-15: 746 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 193 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.492025-08-152026-10-142025-08-15 — best price $4.792025-09-12 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-10-21 — best price $4.792025-11-05 — best price $4.792025-11-17 — best price $3.892025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-01-13 — best price $4.792026-02-02 — best price $3.492026-02-12 — best price $4.792026-03-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-04-03 — best price $5.992026-04-22 — best price $5.992026-05-02 — best price $5.992026-05-15 — best price $2.992026-05-29 — best price $5.992026-06-19 — best price $2.492026-07-11 — best price $3.892026-08-09 — best price $5.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-08 — best price $2.992026-09-11 — best price $2.992026-09-14 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $2.992026-10-02 — best price $2.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
98.4%
earned "Pitiful!"
87.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API Support

13 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Galician, French, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, German, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,23240%8

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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