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Darwin Project

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App ID 544920
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Scavengers Studio
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies EasyAntiCheat AntiCheat, Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29908623
Last Record Update 5 July 2025 – 07:49:07 UTC ()
Release Date 14 January 2020 – 00:35:11 UTC ()
😏 79.81%
18k reviews
9
In-Game

In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.

Additional Information

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

Developer Scavengers Studio
gamedir Darwin
metacritic_name Darwin Project
controller_support full
metacritic_score 74
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/darwin-project?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
serverbrowsername The Darwin Project
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Scavengers Studio
IsFreeApp Yes
eulas
0 ↴
id544920_eula_0
nameDarwin Project - Open Beta EULA
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com//eula/544920_eula_0
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 14 January 2020 – 00:35:11 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Free to Play (37)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 14 January 2020 – 00:35:11 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 1 November 2022 – 15:49:29 UTC () (1667317769)
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 81
Detected Technologies (?) EasyAntiCheat AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vivox SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's anti-cheat is not configured to support Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game's anti-cheat is not configured to support SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 22 June 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6206081
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 17 October 2016 – 20:36:48 UTC (), in changelist #2357891

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Korean Yes
Polish Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes

Tags

🌪️ Battle Royale 🕹️ Multiplayer 🌲 Survival 💥 Action 🥊 PvP 🌍 Open World 🐤 Early Access 🌱 Indie 🤝 Co-op 🫶 Massively Multiplayer 🔫 Shooter 🗺️ Adventure 🔧 Crafting 💡 Strategy 👤 Third Person 🔫 FPS 🔫 Third-Person Shooter 😌 Casual 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Online PvP In-App Purchases Multi-player PvP Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp12 December 2024 – 16:55:22 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 9 players right now
  • 13 24-hour peak
  • 12,513 all-time peak 24 April 2018
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  • 54,225 followers
  • 14,963 positive reviews
  • 3,408 negative reviews
  • 81.45% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 1 24-hour peak
  • 200,745 all-time peak
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  • 😏 Very Positive
  • 79.81% SteamDB Rating
  • 14,963 81.4% positive reviews
  • 3,408 18.6% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Darwin Project right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 9 players live playing Darwin Project on Steam.

Darwin Project had an all-time peak of 12513 concurrent players on 24 April 2018.

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