Overview
Who made it, when it came out, and how players rate it overall and right now
All-time positive
76%
Steam rating
Mostly Positive
Last 30 days
79%▲ 3 pts
English reviews
92,757
Last updated
Oct 30, 2026
The Good
The most praised themes, as a share of all this game's reviews
Gameplay & combat36%
“- Amazing game, with very good and balanced gameplay, very fun overall”
Content & grind19%
“I do think this game is well worth it, with a lot of hours of fun and things to learn”
Story & characters17%
“perfect aesthetic, awesome lore, amazing maps, fun gameplay, great to play with friends”
Co-op & multiplayer16%
“It is a really fun game with friends”
Music & sound15%
“gameplay is great, and the music is awesome”
The Bad
The most common complaints, as a share of all this game's reviews
Bugs & crashes16%
“Until they fix the constant crashing (2x and more per match, complete crash to desktop) I cannot recommend anyone buy this game”
Developers & updates15%
“EDIT: the performance just gets worse and worse with every update”
Price & monetization15%
“it's just not worth your money”
Content & grind14%
“The random loot is just not worth the grind”
Gameplay & combat13%
“After 230 hours of gameplay, I've come to conclusion that its just not worth having this game anymore”
Recent complaints
Top complaints in reviews from the last 30 days (Sep 30 to Oct 30), to spot new problems or recent fixes
Bugs & crashes11%
“due to errors and crashes current state of the game makes it unplayable”
Performance11%
“Framerate is so bad it is unplayable”
Price & monetization10%
“Don't waste your time and money on this”
Opinions over time
Percent positive each month, with the number of reviews below. The dashed line is the all-time score, and the last point covers the last 30 days.
Monthly % positiveFlagged monthAll-time score (76%)
Playtime
Percent positive by how many hours reviewers had played when they wrote their review
A low score under 2 hours often means a rough first impression, a bad launch, or performance problems.
Review Randomizer
A random review from this game's sample, which leans toward reviews other players found helpful
Don't let my number of hours fool you, this is an INCOMPLETE game.
As solid as the core gameplay is, Darktide is ultimately an unfinished mess, with numerous promises from Fatshark undelivered to this day. The amount of content from open beta to the full launch is minuscule at best, the game is still riddled with glitches and crashes that have yet to be addressed since the CLOSED BETA from October and communication between Fatshark and players have been incredibly tone-deaf. Have I mentioned that the crafting shop only has 1 out of 4 features finished at launch? The rest are labeled in-game as, "Coming soon."
The only significant addition (aside from 1 new mission, woohoo) AT LAUNCH is the premium cosmetics shop, which had incredibly scummy FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) tactics such as timers, including premium currency packs that are designed so that you will never have the amount you want (which forces players to spend more money). Player backlash forced Fatshark to backpedal on their FOMO and pricing, but they have confirmed to be reintroducing FOMO at a later date sadly.
I do truly enjoy this game's combat and gameplay, but this game is clearly unfinished and absolutely riddled with predatory monetization. Even Fatshark's own game is working against their own updates, as they had to slowly trickle out content from a recent patch over the course of many hours at the time of this writing.