Spark in the Dark
Skip · RPG · 2026 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $16.99.
- Reviews
- 88% positive
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Runs on Windows, macOS.
The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical RPG game (about 8 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $13.59, set in June 2026. 3 discounts in the 6 months on record. They run about 10 percent off, roughly 12 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 31 percent on value. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Voyagers of Nera ($29.99, scores 44) beats it on value, while it beats Outbreak Island ($14.99, scores 36).
Of the 435 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2026 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 214 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
42% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
29 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 06:51 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Spark in the Dark scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is estimated at 8 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1315180/spark-in-the-darkReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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