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Dark Deception

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App ID 332950
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Glowstick Entertainment
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29180324
Last Record Update 25 May 2025 – 19:56:31 UTC ()
Release Date 27 September 2018 – 06:19:19 UTC ()
😎 86.99%
21k reviews
226
In-Game

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Glowstick Entertainment
metacritic_name Dark Deception
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Glowstick Entertainment
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 27 September 2018 – 06:19:19 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/darkdeceptiongame/
https://x.com/DarkDeceptionDD
https://www.youtube.com/glowstickentertainment/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 27 September 2018 – 06:19:19 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 10 April 2023 – 17:06:15 UTC () (1681146375)
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 88
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, OculusXRPlugin SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenVR SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 15 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7641935
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-3
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
restricted_countries DE
Germany
First seen on SteamDB 11 November 2014 – 01:16:29 UTC (), in changelist #757617

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes

Tags

😱 Horror 🆓 Free to Play 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer 🙌 First-Person 🕴 Psychological Horror 🏃 Runner 🎒 Survival Horror 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🌲 Survival 🗿 Dark Humor 🗺️ Adventure 📚 Story Rich 🕹 Arcade 🎲 RPG 🔚 Multiple Endings 🍿 Cinematic 😨 Dark 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Captions available Steam Cloud

Assets

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timestamp3 September 2023 – 23:37:23 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 226 players right now
  • 226 24-hour peak
  • 1,461 all-time peak 29 September 2021
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Store data

  • 57,878 followers
  • #1629 in top sellers
  • 19,064 positive reviews
  • 2,374 negative reviews
  • 88.93% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 745 24-hour peak
  • 33,454 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 86.99% SteamDB Rating
  • 19,064 88.9% positive reviews
  • 2,374 11.1% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Dark Deception right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 226 players live playing Dark Deception on Steam.

Dark Deception had an all-time peak of 1461 concurrent players on 29 September 2021.

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