Darkwood Steam news

• Latest observed players237 · 11 October 2026 - 02:45:09 UTC
• SteamPulse tracked peak1,295
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
• Revenue (VGI)No data available
• Review score95% positive
• Total reviews25,048
• Release dateAug 17, 2017
• DeveloperAcid Wizard Studio
• PublisherHooded Horse, Acid Wizard Studio

Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Acid Wizard StudioPublisher: Hooded Horse, Acid Wizard Studio

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Darkwood Steam news

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• Save 90% on Darkwood - 8 October 2026

  Darkwood is currently on sale for 90% off. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light.

• Save 90% on Darkwood - 1 October 2026

  Darkwood is currently 90% off during the Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 23 August 2026

  Darkwood is currently 80% off during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 25 June 2026

  Darkwood is currently 80% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale.. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse Summer Sale

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 27 May 2026

  Darkwood is currently 80% off during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 12 April 2026

  Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse April Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse April Sale

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 20 March 2026

  Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse Spring Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse Spring Sale

• New game from the co-creator of Darkwood - HOARDER - 19 March 2026

  Hey! Acid Wizard Studio is on hiatus, but for the past year, one of it's members has been working with a new team on a brand new game called HOARDER. It's a weird, genre-blending adventure that is sure to appeal to Darkwood fans. Check it out!

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 28 February 2026

  Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale

• Save 80% on Darkwood - 9 January 2026

  Darkwood is 80% off during the Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale. Darkwood is a unique take on the survival horror genre. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing world by day. But when night falls, be prepared to hunker down in your hideout and pray you'll live to see the morning light. Hooded Horse January Publisher Sale

• It is happening again - 23 December 2025

  After years of waiting, it’s official - Darkwood 2 is coming.Crafting the world of Darkwood was a very challenging and long journey for us. After Darkwood, the studio grew. We tried making new games, but ultimately decided that we can’t go on working together. We decided to go on a hiatus, maintaining Darkwood, but not actively developing anything new.In the meantime, Darkwood has garnered a loyal fanbase. Years after release, there aren’t any games quite like Darkwood. With many of you anxious for a sequel, we’ve decided to do the unthinkable - hand over our baby to another studio. After a long time of searching, we think we’ve found the perfect partners for this: Ice-Pick Lodge and Hooded Horse.We’ve been fans of Ice-Pick Lodge since their debut Pathologic, which was an inspiration for Darkwood. IPL was originally based in Moscow, but after the invasion of Ukraine, they condemned Russ…

• Update 1.4 - 28 December 2023

  It took us WAY longer than we anticipated, but the 1.4 update is finally here. It consists of a huge number of bug fixes, plus many QoL improvements. This update is compatible with your existing save games, but if you want the best experience, we advise to start a new game (some bugs will still persist on save games from 1.3). Some macOS players have been experiencing save file issues after the update.Here's a step by step guide on how to fix them. Changes and improvements - Updated Unity version from 5.5.3 to 2021.3.30. This means less software and hardware conflicts, better performance and less crashes. - Fixed the vast majority of known bugs. We couldn't fix them all though (but believe me, we tried!). - Fixed many issues with newer Mac systems. - Fixed many issues on Linux. - Added Steam DRM on Windows. This DRM is added to pretty much every game on Steam and is nothing like the shi…

• Darkwood studio releases new game's alpha then promptly says it's going on hiatus but may return 'in 5-10 years when we get our s*** together' - 10 August 2023

  s developer names go, Acid Wizard Studios is a great one, but fans of horror game Darkwood may well wonder what kind of acid it's talking about. The Polish studio has announced that, following the release of Darkwood's 1.4 update and the alpha of Soccer Kids , it's going to be shutting down... Read more.

• Ask us anything on Reddit! - 29 June 2023

  We are live with a Ask Us Anything session or Reddit! Over the next 24 hours (or more, if need be), the whole dev will be answering your questions. LET'S GO!

• The story of Acid Wizard Studio from the past few years - 28 June 2023

  We've kept you in the dark these past few years about what we've been working on. So, we compiled a long post about the major events at Acid Wizard Studio. Go check it out and if you have any questions, visit our AMA session on Reddit tomorrow (29/06/2023) at 12:00 CEST.

• The studio behind Darkwood are making turn-based tactical football, and you can try it free now - 27 June 2023

  Following phenomenally frightful survival horror game Darkwood , Polish team Acid Wizard Studio are now making... a football game? They've just released a free public alpha for Soccer Kids , inviting everyone to try their turn-based tactical footie game starring schoolkids in 90s Poland. This is extremely not what I expected next from the studio whose debut game made Adam backtrack to kill his own dog "because the world is convincing and I didn't want to leave suffering animals lying around the place if I didn't have to." Come watch the trailer. Read more

• New game from the creators of Darkwood - Soccer Kids! - 27 June 2023

  Surprise! We've just released a free early version of our next game - Soccer Kids! Play it now for free and let us know what you think. We're looking for your feedback! This game is way different from what we've done before and I'm sure you will have many questions. We'll be doing a Ask Us Anything session on Reddit later this week to answer them so stay tuned!

• New update coming soon, biggest discount ever! - 31 October 2021

  During the Halloween sale, Darkwood is -70% off for the first time! Furthermore, we're finishing work on the 1.4 update. If you want to get a sneak peak of it or help test it out (as it contains many under the hood changes), you can do so really easily switching to the publictesting branch on the Steam client. Here's how to do it!. There is no known release date for the update yet.

• The best survival games on PC - 17 November 2020

  It’s no longer the most urgent gold rush in PC games, but survival games continue to be regularly released, and older games continue to be regularly updated. It’s only natural then that we’ve taken some time out from foraging for edible berries to update our list of the best survival games for 2020. (more…)

• The 20 best survival games on PC - 21 February 2020

  Ever since Minecraft got us hooked on surviving its deadly nights and sinister, snickering foes over a decade ago, there have been wave upon wave of new survival games to scratch our deepest masochistic itches. Attempting to tackle them all at once, however, would probably lead to an early grave, so we’ve put together this list of the very best survival games on PC to help satisfy those cravings for Darwinian supremacy. Whether you love punching trees, surviving against the elements or simply stuffing your belly with as much grub as you can manage, there’s a survival game with your name on it. (more…)

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