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The Heart of Darkness

BigWednesday · Kagura Games · 2022-04-15

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 16, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the Sanctuary of Darkness, a mysterious dungeon beneath the Kingdom of Haillard. Obtain the soul of the Cursed Saintess waiting in its depths and unravel the truth of this strange world in this sinister turn-based RPG.

The Heart of Darkness is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 307 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 307 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

"Oh, Cursed Saintess, will your soul find the light, or will you forever be lost in the darkness?" A terrible curse blankets the kingdom in shadows, thrusting it into utter despair and erasing all light. One day, a maiden appears from the north and chases away the darkness, reintroducing light across the land. However, after taking in all the shadows, the maiden is consumed by evil, allowing it to flood out of her body. In a final attempt to seal that which escaped, the maiden locks herself away. The king, driven by fear, demands the death of the maiden to save his kingdom. Many warriors jou(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (127 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.1k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 307 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.99-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at Steam (2023-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 68 of 89 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620222026Week of 2022-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$12.992022-04-162026-10-142022-04-16 — best price $17.992022-08-08 — best price $15.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-05-16 — best price $15.992023-07-20 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-01-03 — best price $12.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-06-15 — best price $19.992024-08-14 — best price $19.992024-10-16 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-24 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-23 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-09-12 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $12.992026-01-06 — best price $12.992026-03-11 — best price $12.992026-05-12 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $12.992026-09-06 — best price $12.992026-09-14 — best price $12.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $12.992026-10-08 — best price $12.992026-10-14 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeIndieMemesCombatHentaiNudityRPGMakerAdventure

Census log

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

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