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The Darkest Tales

Trinity Team · 101XP · 2022-10-13

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 13, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 13, 2022 (Xbox One)

When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.

The Darkest Tales is an Action and Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 929 reviews).

71%
positive of 932 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (485 downloads)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (83 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear heads to the far side of "happily ever after" to rescue his owner, Alicia.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (166 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 932 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.93-80%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.94 at GameBillet (2026-08-06) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 78 of 139 observed days · $16.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920222026Week of 2022-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$3.942022-09-292026-10-152022-09-29 — best price $16.992022-11-14 — best price $17.392022-12-05 — best price $15.132023-01-10 — best price $16.582023-03-06 — best price $12.992023-05-01 — best price $11.992023-06-21 — best price $10.092023-07-22 — best price $19.992023-08-23 — best price $8.332023-10-17 — best price $6.592023-12-14 — best price $6.692024-02-01 — best price $16.592024-03-22 — best price $8.002024-04-09 — best price $17.402024-05-09 — best price $15.742024-06-14 — best price $8.002024-08-02 — best price $5.992024-09-02 — best price $7.992024-10-10 — best price $6.182024-11-05 — best price $17.982024-12-27 — best price $8.002025-02-03 — best price $15.742025-03-23 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $5.972025-06-08 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-24 — best price $7.902025-09-30 — best price $5.992025-11-05 — best price $5.972025-12-18 — best price $5.972026-02-18 — best price $8.002026-04-24 — best price $17.402026-06-06 — best price $7.042026-07-02 — best price $7.042026-08-08 — best price $3.942026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $4.342026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
81.2%
earned "Am I a Hero?!"
31.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Italian, Russian, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-10-13, latest 2023-02-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5939%41
PS4 (PlayStation)17323%42
Xbox One (Xbox)1627%41
PS4 (PlayStation)7726%42
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteDarkMagicActionHorrorSurrealAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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