Dark tag

This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Dark tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The number of releases gives a sense of the amount of games published each year. It often increases, following the total amount of Steam games released.

The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Dark tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).

The Dark tag has peaked in 2022, with 857 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.22% in 2011 and 0.57% in 2023.

Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.

This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Dark tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the normalized and average lines are too small, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.

While the review count clearly quantifies the reviews a tag receives, keep in mind that it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. The value normalized as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more revealing, as it gives you the popularity trend for Dark tag games.

A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 47 (2010) and 1475 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.

The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Dark tag received between 128% (2010) and 275% (2012) reviews compared to other tags.

This chart displays the evolution of the Dark tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.

The median price for Dark games peaked in 2012 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2020 at 4.99$. The free to play ratio peaked in 2019 at 13%, and bottomed in 2023 at 1%.

This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Dark tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.

The best rating for Dark games is 95% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 81% for the Japanese audience.