Dark and Darker were already hastened to be written off, but the shameful status unexpectedly helped the game, and in the West they found a more greedy company
The authors of Dark and Darker were able to deal with NEXON's former employer in court and bring the project to launch on Steam. However, the Valve service did not accept this medieval analogue of Escape from Tarkov in a dark fantasy setting and began to bombard it with negative reviews.
The reason for this was largely not the quality of the game, but the approach to monetization: they offer a small piece for free, but the full version must be purchased through an in-game purchase, i.e. it simply won’t work to return Dark and Darker to Steam.
The situation with the rating of Dark and Darker on Steam has reached such a point that the project ended up on the shameful list of “the worst in Steam history” “(compiled based on user ratings). The game took a “not an honorable” place next to such projects as Men of War: Assault Squad 2 Cold War and
However, she did not stay on the list for very long; the story received an unexpected continuation. This anti-advertising for Dark and Darker worked: new users paid attention to the project and the rating began to grow. But the list of the worst included the April release – the tennis simulator TopSpin 2K25 from 2K, which is known for its aggressive monetization of sports games.
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Cover author: IRONMACE. Image source: steamcommunity.com