When the Darkness comes
When the Darkness comes
Live player count and Steam charts
positive · 8,428 reviews
24h low 024h high 3
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
DeveloperSirhaian
PublisherSirhaian
ReleasedMar 1, 2019
Runs onWindows
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
PriceFree to play
Player history
Jul 15Jul 16Jul 17Jul 18
Each point is the highest number of players online in that day (UTC). Recorded by Steamalytics every hour since July 14, 2026. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
* current month, data so far
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 0 | — | — | 3 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
via Steam
- Jan 7, 2026WTDC Music Remaster and EP
- Nov 26, 2019When the Steam Awards come.
- Aug 31, 2019You can now feature your Achievements on your profile!
- Mar 29, 2019The Piano Song is now available on iTunes!
- Mar 5, 2019Patch 1.16d - Breathe level and launch warnings
- Mar 5, 2019Patch 1.16c - Mouse Invert, vSync, Fullscreen and more!
Audience
English
55%
Chinese (Simplified)
16%
Russian
7%
Spanish (Spain)
7%
German
4%
Portuguese (Brazil)
2%
Other
9%
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 159 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
Achievements
Achievements
32
Median earned by
20.6%
Rarest earned by
5.5%
Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.
