Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 04:57 UTC | 118 |
| 00:56 UTC | 152 |
| 29 Oct, 20:56 UTC | 278 |
| 29 Oct, 16:56 UTC | 200 |
| 29 Oct, 12:55 UTC | 224 |
| 29 Oct, 08:54 UTC | 68 |
| 29 Oct, 04:53 UTC | 121 |
| 29 Oct, 00:52 UTC | 161 |
| 28 Oct, 20:51 UTC | 264 |
| 28 Oct, 16:51 UTC | 241 |
| 28 Oct, 12:50 UTC | 327 |
| 28 Oct, 08:49 UTC | 107 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch (Early Access)October 2024 | 704 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJanuary 2025 | 308 | 44% | Holds players well (better than 76% of 7,560 other games) |
| 12 months onOctober 2025 | 149 | 21% | About average (better than 54% of 6,584 other games) |
Dark Hours kept 44% of the average players it had at its Early Access launch in October 2024 after 3 months and 21% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) | 235 | +75 | +47.1% | 538 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 160 | +36 | +29% | 566 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 124 | −27 | −18.1% | 533 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 151 | −32 | −17.6% | 384 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 183 | +61 | +50% | 550 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 122 | −93 | −43.1% | 274 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 215 | +34 | +18.5% | 728 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 182 | +4 | +2.5% | 927 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 177 | +33 | +22.7% | 516 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 144 | −19 | −11.8% | 326 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 164 | +24 | +17.4% | 437 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 139 | −9 | −6.4% | 480 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 149 | −13 | −8% | 714 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 162 | −11 | −6.3% | 517 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 173 | +29 | +20.2% | 673 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 144 | −13 | −8.6% | 389 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 157 | −57 | −26.7% | 388 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 214 | +28 | +14.9% | 682 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 187 | −223 | −54.4% | 544 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 409 | +145 | +54.6% | 1,832 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 265 | −43 | −14.1% | 1,168 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 308 | −5 | −1.5% | 679 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 313 | −93 | −23% | 753 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 406 | −297 | −42.2% | 1,132 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 704 | — | — | 1,608 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.