Dark and Darker
An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.
- Price (US)
- Free to play
- Developer
- IRONMACE
- Released
- Jun 7, 2024
- Genres
- Action, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access
- Platforms
- Windows
- Website
- darkanddarker.com ↗
How many people are playing Dark and Darker?
Dark and Darker had 2,792 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 3, 2026, 07:00 UTC, up 0.2% from 2,787 a day earlier. As of Nov 3, 2026, 07:00 UTC, it ranks #209 of the 502 games tracked here, the same place as a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 15, 2026 is 10,910, on Oct 10, 2026; the latest reading is 26% of that.
Over the last four weeks, Dark and Darker has been busiest during the evening in East Asia, with the busiest hour around 14:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent Dark and Darker updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Oct 28, 2026 Regular update Early Access Hotfix #130 ↗ ▼ -11% 3,786 → 3,354 avg players · 5 days in
- Oct 23, 2026 Regular update Early Access Hotfix #129 ↗ ▼ -7.8% 3,909 → 3,603 avg players
- Oct 16, 2026 Regular update Early Access Hotfix #128-1 ↗ ▼ -28% 5,306 → 3,845 avg players
- Oct 12, 2026 Regular update Early Access Hotfix #128 ↗ ▲ +8.3% 4,118 → 4,459 avg players
- Oct 9, 2026 Major update Early Access Season #11 ↗ ▲ +82% 3,026 → 5,518 avg players
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