Dark Old Sun overview

Overview

Dark Old Sun comes from SN!Somos Nerds and is published by SN!Somos Nerds. It arrived on Steam on Mar 7, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Dark Old Sun's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 24 September 2026 - 00:15:12 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 51 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Dark Old Sun is available in 4 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Dark Old Sun has sold up to 5,026 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $9,070. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Dark Old Sun overview details

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

Steam Store description

Dark Old Sun is a shoot'em up , with focus on choice and progressiveness, so you can choose between a wide selection of weapons, and upgrade them becoming way more powerfull as you play. Different stages with new ideas each, so it will not get repetitive. Having 3 levels of difficulty, for beginners on shoot'em ups to hardcore skilled players . Epic multi-phase boss battles with enormous focus in challenge and variety, making boss fights a real deal, and almost as important as the level itself. For those who dont like to play with the new leveling system , can play in the classic way, where upgrades will be get automatically. Different modes to play: Arcade/Story mode - Play the full story, with 6 different stages designs, bringing new ideas, as you progress through leveling your weapons and abilities. Challenge mode - a variety of challenges with new ideas and gameplay that dont fit in the original story mode. Survival mode - Survive through random enemy waves, with new behaviors not seen in any other mode and special random events to spice up things. 17 Different weapons and abilities. More than 70 Upgrades. 3 Difiiculty sets, with a Extreme mode where enemies get new abilities. more than 50 enemy types, resulting in more than 200 variations with different behaviors and attacks. 360 degrees aim (Free AIM). 3 Game modes. 6 stages in story mode. 12 unique challenges. Controller support (Xinput). Steam Cloud and achievements. (Steam cards soon) As earth and humanity get its darkest days with energy shortage, a small dark star but really bright at the same time,…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Dark Old Sun is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 24 September 2026 - 00:15:12 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 92% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionShoot 'Em UpShooter2DBullet HellIndieSpaceSci-fiSingleplayerDifficultReplay ValueControllerSoundtrack

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Support and legal notes

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