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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 31986156
Last Record Update 30 October 2025 – 09:37:01 UTC ()
Release Date 14 January 2020 – 00:35:11 UTC ()
😏 79.84%
18k reviews
1
In-Game
🌪️ Battle Royale 🌲 Survival 💥 Action 🥊 PvP 🌍 Open World

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
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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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height_pct95.06055568748516
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

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size
228987 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2017 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
544921 Windows Darwin Project Windows 3.36 GiB 3.02 GiB
544922 Linux Darwin Project Linux 10.21 GiB 2.56 GiB

Total size on disk is 13.58 GiB and total download size is 5.57 GiB.

Total size on disk is 3.36 GiB and total download size is 3.02 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 6206081 9 February 2021 – 16:00:08 UTC
unofficial Unsupported builds 6479808 2 April 2021 – 03:34:14 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, French
privatebranches 1
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