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The Darkest Tales

Trinity Team · 101XP · 2022-10-13

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

71%
positive of 929 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$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 36% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 929 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.95-80%
IndieGala$3.99-80%
Gamesplanet$4.34-78%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
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 74 of 108 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$3.942022-09-292026-08-302022-09-29 — 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 $19.992026-08-30 — 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

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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