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Dark Hours: Prologue

Dark Hours: Prologue overview

Piece of Cake studios | Jul 18, 2024 | game

Released

151players observed · 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC

ActionAdventureFree To PlaySteam Store

  • Latest observed players151 · 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1,876
  • Units sold (VGI)2,500,000
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score88% positive

Dark Hours: Prologue dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players151 · 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1,876
  • Units sold (VGI)2,500,000
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score88% positive
  • Total reviews5,632
  • Release dateJul 18, 2024
  • DeveloperPiece of Cake studios
  • PublisherPiece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost

Genres: Action, Adventure, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: Piece of Cake studiosPublisher: Piece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost

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Game overview

Overview

Dark Hours: Prologue comes from Piece of Cake studios and is published by Piece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost. It arrived on Steam on Jul 18, 2024, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Dark Hours: Prologue's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 151 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,876. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 5,632 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Dark Hours: Prologue is available in 19 languages including:

EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish - SpainJapaneseKoreanPortuguese - BrazilSimplified ChinesePolishRussianTraditional ChineseTurkishArabicItalianIndonesianPortuguese - PortugalSpanish - Latin AmericaThaiUkrainian

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumWindows 10 64BitIntel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 26008 GB RAMNVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 3905 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedWindows 10 64BitIntel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 260016 GB RAMNVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 57005 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Dark Hours: Prologue has sold up to 2,500,000 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Dark Hours: Prologue overview details

Dark Hours: Prologue combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

WISHLIST THE FULL GAME About the Game Dark Hours: Prologue is a free version of Dark Hours. Experience the core gameplay and get a taste of the experience that awaits in the full game. Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Just when you think you've pulled off the perfect heist, your break-in is suddenly interrupted by an unexpected supernatural event. You find yourself trapped in the auction house you came to rob and you realize with horror that you are no longer alone... A demonic creature has taken over the place and you have become its new prey. Will you manage to escape? Will you survive this apocalyptic night? PROLOGUE FEATURES: The Auction House: Explore the area in search of a way out, solve co-op minigames, deactivate lasers and security cameras, fill your bag with valuable loot, and take advantage of the building's secrets to get out of there. New monsters: Encounter up to 2 creatures, each with distinct behaviors and unique abilities. Unique items and co-op action to make your heist a success. KEY FEATURES Cooperate: Dark Hours is a 1-4 player cooperative experience where you must work together to escape the evil entity that is hunting you. You can't survive alone, stay close to your teammates and collaborate to find your way out of this nightmare. Manage your equipment: A lock-picking set, a hacking device, a flashlight or a crowbar? Pick your gear and find all sorts of items during your exploration. Use them wisely with your teammates and you may have a chance to get out alive. Or not… Escape or survive: There are only two ways ou…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Dark Hours: Prologue is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 151 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,876, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameDark Hours: Prologue
Steam App ID3064370
Typegame
Release dateJul 18, 2024
DeveloperPiece of Cake studios
PublisherPiece of Cake studios, Kepler Ghost
PriceFree to play
PlatformsWindows
GenresAction, Adventure, Free To Play
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Arabic, Italian, Indonesian, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Ukrainian
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players151 · 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak1,876
Positive reviews4,977
Negative reviews655
Total reviews5,632
Positive percent88%
Review typeVery Positive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtimeNot available

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateJul 18, 2024
Official Steam feed update (UTC)17 December 2025 - 10:11:58 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC

Content descriptors

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/3064370
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3064370/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3064370
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Dark Hours: Prologue

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Dark Hours: Prologue?

Dark Hours: Prologue's latest SteamPulse observation records 151 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:15:49 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1,876 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is Dark Hours: Prologue growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 248 players; the highest observed daily value is 404 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Dark Hours: Prologue?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (18.4%), Saudi Arabia (5.7%), Canada (5.7%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (17.9%), Australia (5.1%), Germany (5%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (23.9%), China (5.9%), Canada (5.3%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (17.7%), China (7.8%), Germany (5.1%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Dark Hours: Prologue?

Dark Hours: Prologue currently sits at 88% positive across 5,632 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 4,977 positive reviews and 655 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Very Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Dark Hours: Prologue have?

Dark Hours: Prologue currently has about 9K tracked Steam followers as of 5 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. SteamPulse is not treating the current Twitch number as authoritative because the Twitch category for this app is not resolved yet or the Twitch API credentials are unavailable.

What is the current Steam price for Dark Hours: Prologue?

Dark Hours: Prologue is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

88% positive, 4,977 positive, 655 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases
  • Steam 18 July 2024

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space

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