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The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood

Carbon Studio · Vertigo Games · 2020-06-04

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: May 06, 2021 (Oculus Quest), May 06, 2021 (Meta Quest 2), Jun 04, 2020 (Oculus VR), Jun 04, 2020 (SteamVR), Nov 28, 2023 (Meta Quest 3), Feb 22, 2024 (PlayStation VR2)

Face the end of the world in the sequel to The Wizards. The critically acclaimed VR spellcaster returns with a gesture-based system, challenging enemies, grand adventure, and the ever-witty narrator.

The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood is an Action, Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with Mostly Positive (71% of 528 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

3
playing now
71%
positive of 528 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

In the wake of a terrible blight on Meliora, a new, even darker force threatens the land… Travel in time to a completely new era, face new enemies and allies, and brandish your spells against fresh challenges in this standalone expansion to The Wizards. Pick up your motion controllers and prepare for another journey into the perilous history of Meliora! Dark Times will include reworked and improved spellcasting mechanics, offering you a new opportunity to enjoy the enchanting experience of weaving magic with nothing more than gestures of your hands. As a standalone game, it will take you to (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 528 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Fanatical (2026-08-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
777720202026Week of 2020-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
122Jun 2020Jan 2025Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 42Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 26Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 24Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.992020-06-042026-08-212020-06-04 — best price $22.492020-10-30 — best price $18.742020-12-22 — best price $14.992023-12-19 — best price $24.992024-01-05 — best price $12.502024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $12.492024-04-08 — best price $12.492024-05-13 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $12.502024-07-26 — best price $10.002024-08-19 — best price $10.002024-09-30 — best price $10.002024-10-28 — best price $10.002024-12-02 — best price $10.002024-12-11 — best price $9.992025-01-17 — best price $10.002025-02-12 — best price $10.002025-03-13 — best price $24.992025-04-17 — best price $10.002025-05-05 — best price $24.992025-06-03 — best price $24.992025-07-11 — best price $24.992025-07-25 — best price $8.002025-08-18 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $7.002025-10-27 — best price $7.002025-11-21 — best price $5.992025-12-06 — best price $19.992025-12-29 — best price $19.992026-01-19 — best price $5.992026-02-09 — best price $5.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $4.992026-06-19 — best price $4.992026-08-21 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "Sharpshooter"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsVR OnlyFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese

Player tags

VRMagicActionFantasyAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-PersonAction-Adventure

Census log

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

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