How many copies has The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav sold?

indielist estimates The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav has sold between 122,340 and 285,460 units (median 203,900), derived from its 2,039 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.

Who developed The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav?

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav was developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

Who published The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav?

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav was published by Daedalic Entertainment, developed by Daedalic Entertainment. See Daedalic Entertainment's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav released?

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav was released in 2012.

How many reviews does The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav have on Steam?

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav has 2,039 Steam reviews, of which 87% are positive.

Is The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav worth playing?

Steam players rate The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav 87% positive across 2,039 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

Jun 22, 2012 Adventure $19.99

Developer Daedalic Entertainment Publisher Daedalic Entertainment

Profile updated Jul 2026

Adventure indie game The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav launched in 2012 from Daedalic Entertainment, with the same company listed as developer and publisher. On Steam it has 2,520 reviews at 87% positive, with an initial price of $19.99.

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is a 2012 Adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Daedalic Entertainment. On Steam it has gathered 2,039 player reviews, 87% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Adventure category. The game is available on linux, mac, windows, and launched at $20. The pairing of developer Daedalic Entertainment with publisher Daedalic Entertainment is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Adventure projects reach the market. indielist's white-box method estimates its lifetime sales at roughly 122,000 to 285,000 units, with the full Boxleiter factor breakdown shown on this page rather than a single black-box figure. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav can be compared against similar Adventure titles and benchmarked on review counts and estimated sales.

Reviews

2,039

Positive

87%

Steam appid

203830

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

Unavailable

Sales estimate

v1.0

122K to 285K

units (median: 204K)

≈ $1.4M to $3.3M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

122K median 285K

+ How is this calculated?

2,039 reviews × NB(100) = 203,900 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2012	+30
price_$20	0
positive_87%	+10
genre_Adventure	+10
final NB	100

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

indielist estimates lifetime unit sales for The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav at roughly 122,000 to 285,000 copies, with a median around 204,000, derived from its 2,039 Steam reviews using a multi-factor Boxleiter method (version v1.0). That median maps to approximately $2.3M in net revenue after Steam's 30% cut, regional pricing, and refunds. Unlike black-box trackers, the full calculation is shown on this page: a base review-to-sales multiplier is adjusted for release year, launch price, review sentiment, studio size, and genre, and every adjustment is listed so developers, publishers, and investors can audit exactly how the figure was reached. The range itself reflects genuine uncertainty — review-to-sales ratios vary widely between games — so indielist publishes a low, median, and high band rather than a false-precision single number, and treats free-to-play, heavily discounted, and bundle-distributed titles as having wider error margins still.

Price history

6 observed days · window low $1.99

Across 6 observed UTC days from 2026-07-17 to 2026-07-22, the daily lowest tracked USD price across stores ranged from $1.99 to $1.99. The tracked-window low was $1.99 on 2026-07-17.

Real store observations · daily lowest tracked USD price across stores · missing days are not filled.

Where to buy

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Steam reference -90%

$1.99 Buy
GOG.com -90%

$1.99 Buy
Fanatical -15%

$19.39 Buy
Green Man Gaming

$19.99 Buy
Humble Store

$19.99 Buy

Latest tracked store observations (2026-07-22 14:14 UTC), cheapest first. Prices may have changed since observation. Some are affiliate links — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more.

Platforms

linuxmacwindows

Genres

AdventureIndie

Frequently asked questions

How many copies has The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav sold?: indielist estimates The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav has sold between 122,340 and 285,460 units (median 203,900), derived from its 2,039 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.
Who developed The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav?: The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav was developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Who published The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav?: The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav was published by Daedalic Entertainment, developed by Daedalic Entertainment. See Daedalic Entertainment's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav released?: The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav was released in 2012.
How many reviews does The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav have on Steam?: The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav has 2,039 Steam reviews, of which 87% are positive.
Is The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav worth playing?: Steam players rate The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav 87% positive across 2,039 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Adventure titles such as Subnautica, Raft, Satisfactory, Human Fall Flat, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Daedalic Entertainment's other releases and Daedalic Entertainment's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Adventure game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and what they sold, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and sales-estimate figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.