Darwin Project

Darwin Project

Fair · Shooter · 2020

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
82% of 18,435
Critics
74 players 8 higher
Genre rank
Top 27% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews

Time and effort

Achievements
14

Players and genre

Online
2 now
Better reviewed
59% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

10% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 27 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Totally Accurate Battlegrounds (free, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Z1 Battle Royale (free, scores 1).

Its player count is falling. 16 were online at the highest of our weekly checks over 35 days, 2 at the last one, on Nov 4, 05:45 UTC.

More about Darwin Project

74 from critics against 82 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 181 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reach1.5M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 750, GTX 660, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Darwin Project scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/544920/darwin-project
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+8
Critics74
Players82
Metacritic critics · 18,435 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperScavengers Studio
PublisherScavengers Studio
GenreShooter
Released2020
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements14