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The Dark Story: Starving Child

The Dark Story: Starving Child overview

nValue Games | Apr 14, 2025 | game

Released

0players observed · 10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC

IndieSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score91% positive

The Dark Story: Starving Child dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score91% positive
  • Total reviews11
  • Release dateApr 14, 2025
  • DevelopernValue Games
  • PublishernValue Games

Genres: Indie

Company pages: Developer: nValue GamesPublisher: nValue Games

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Game overview

Overview

The Dark Story: Starving Child comes from nValue Games and is published by nValue Games. It arrived on Steam on Apr 14, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Dark Story: Starving Child's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 11 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Dark Story: Starving Child is available in 2 languages including:

EnglishKorean

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumWindows 10Intel Core i34 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 7601 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedWindows 10Intel Core i58 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 10602 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Dark Story: Starving Child has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

The Dark Story: Starving Child overview details

The Dark Story: Starving Child combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Become an investigator and uncover the hidden truths shrouded in darkness. The protagonist responds to a report of a discovered corpse and heads to the scene. As the investigation progresses, they get closer to uncovering the truth. Find passwords and hidden clues, proceed with the investigation, and survive to make it through the game! With flat 2D graphics and a visual novel-style progression, there are no challenging controls. In The Dark Story: Starving Child, players do not move or jump! The game progresses by clicking on objects on the screen or reading the protagonist's dialogue. Most actions in the game operate through mouse movement and clicks. Look for interactive elements! The game begins by identifying objects that can be interacted with. Check directly to see what interactions are possible! Then, gather the necessary information from each element to uncover the truth behind the events!

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Dark Story: Starving Child is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameThe Dark Story: Starving Child
Steam App ID3620360
Typegame
Release dateApr 14, 2025
DevelopernValue Games
PublishernValue Games
Price$4.99
PlatformsWindows
GenresIndie
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish, Korean
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Positive reviews10
Negative reviews1
Total reviews11
Positive percent91%
Review typePositive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtimeNot available

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateApr 14, 2025
Official Steam feed update (UTC)Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC

Content descriptors

Our game contains mature content, including depictions of severed hands and flashbacks to crime scenes.

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
First StepNo description
Chapter 1 ClearNo description
Chapter 2 ClearNo description
Chapter 3 ClearNo description
Chapter 4 ClearNo description
Find Torn PageNo description
Unlock Dial LockNo description
All Switch Turn OnNo description
Survive hide and seekNo description
Dead End 1No description

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/3620360
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3620360/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3620360
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for The Dark Story: Starving Child

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for The Dark Story: Starving Child?

The Dark Story: Starving Child's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 10 September 2026 - 06:14:08 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is The Dark Story: Starving Child growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 0 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for The Dark Story: Starving Child?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are South Korea (100%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to South Korea (53.7%), United States (8%), China (7.6%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to South Korea (65.9%), United States (6.6%), China (6.2%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to South Korea (43%), United States (9.9%), China (9.4%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for The Dark Story: Starving Child?

The Dark Story: Starving Child currently sits at 91% positive across 11 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 10 positive reviews and 1 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does The Dark Story: Starving Child have?

The Dark Story: Starving Child currently has about 17 tracked Steam followers as of 25 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. SteamPulse is not treating the current Twitch number as authoritative because the Twitch category for this app is not resolved yet or the Twitch API credentials are unavailable.

What is the current Steam price for The Dark Story: Starving Child?

The Dark Story: Starving Child is currently listed at $4.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Positive

91% positive, 10 positive, 1 negative

Price and discount

$4.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing

Achievements

12

Platform releases
  • Steam 14 April 2025

DLC and packages

The Dark Strory: Starving ChildBuy The Dark Story: Starving Child #1276446$4.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Storage: 2 GB available space

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