A Dark Room Downloads & RevenueA Dark Room · App Store & Google Play
A Dark Room by Amirali Rajan is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 41 events in the last 12 months
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · JP
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSMexico
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSMalaysia
- ✏️A Dark Room: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 11.0 → iOS 15.0
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · IT
- 📦A Dark Room: first update in 851 daysiOS
- 📦A Dark Room updated to version 20.0iOS- significant improvements to playing the game via VoiceOver.
- new developer commentary added
- iPhone Duo is bae - 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Games · AE
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · AE
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Adventure · AE
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · CA
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Games · CA · Top Paid · Games · TH
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSThailand
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · SA
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100 in 5 chartsiOSTop Paid · Games · ES · Top Paid · All Apps · SA · Top Paid · Games · SA · Top Paid · Adventure · SA · +1 more
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Games · AU
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSTaiwan
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Role Playing · MX · Top Paid · Role Playing · NL · Top Paid · Role Playing · TH
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidMexico · Netherlands · Thailand
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSSouth Africa
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Paid · Role Playing · TR · Top Paid · Role Playing · VN
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidTurkey · Vietnam
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSNetherlands
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSVietnam
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · FR
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSJapan
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOSTop Paid · Games · FR · Top Paid · All Apps · SE · Top Paid · Games · SE
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSSweden
- 🔎A Dark Room reached Top 10 for “dark”Android#5 in Indonesia search · popularity 46
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10AndroidTop Paid · Role Playing · US
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Adventure · DE · Top Paid · Adventure · IT
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Role Playing · AU
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Adventure · CA
- 📈A Dark Room charting in a new countryiOSSpain
- 📈A Dark Room entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Adventure · KR
- 🆕A Dark Room first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕A Dark Room first spotted by AppInsideriOS#58 in Top Paid · Role Playing · Australia
- 📦A Dark Room version 18.6AndroidFixed that one crazy unexpected thing that happens when you do that one thing that one specific way (sorry no spoilers).
16kb alignment added. - 🆕A Dark Room released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕A Dark Room released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Role Playing PaidA Dark Room at a glance
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App Store
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Google Play
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A Dark Room downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 10+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 50+ Confidence | 500k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where A Dark Room's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #16 Games › Role Playing Paid | 15 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #20 Games › Role Playing Paid | 10 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 2.7k |
| Google Play | 4.2 ★ | 10k 1.8k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 13k |
What users say about A Dark Room
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the game's minimalist design, immersive storytelling, and lack of ads or pay-to-win mechanics, often citing it as a timeless classic. However, recent complaints focus on specific UI changes, save data loss after updates, and perceived gameplay nerfs compared to earlier versions.
Mostly positive (92% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being useful. The main complaints are about missing features or content.
What people like
- Fun: “Admirable *and* enjoyable”
- Useful: “Highly recommended however!”
- Ease of use: “Something So Simple - So Fun”
- Design: “The simplistic layout betrays its deeply complex gameplay loop”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “bring back the old UI as an option please”
About A Dark Room
- One of Apple's most downloaded apps of 2014.
- Ranked in the top 10 games in 70 countries, #1 app overall in 7 countries.
- No ads, no loot boxes, no IAP, no tracking.
- 100% playable via VoiceOver.
- Relive the glory days of gaming from the era of Zork.
A Dark Room App Store
A Dark Room is #61 in Games › Role Playing Paid in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Games › Role Playing PaidA Dark Room at a glance
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A Dark Room on the App Store
App details
A Dark Room downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where A Dark Room's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #61 |
| Canada | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #16 |
 France | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #21 |
 United Kingdom | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #56 |
| United Kingdom | Games › AdventurePaid | #60 |
 Sweden | GamesPaid | #27 |
 Germany | Games › AdventurePaid | #58 |
 India | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #39 |
| Germany | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #70 |
| Canada | Games › AdventurePaid | #41 |
| Canada | GamesPaid | #200 |
| Australia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #66 |
| France | Games › AdventurePaid | #86 |
 Italy | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #54 |
 South Korea | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #127 |
| India | Games › AdventurePaid | #88 |
| Australia | Games › AdventurePaid | #91 |
 Brazil | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #93 |
 Indonesia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #58 |
| South Korea | Games › AdventurePaid | #162 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #69 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #49 |
| Indonesia | Games › AdventurePaid | #94 |
| Brazil | Games › AdventurePaid | #182 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › AdventurePaid | #127 |
 South Africa | GamesPaid | #182 |
Apps near A Dark Room on the chart
Games › Role Playing Paid, around #61.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about A Dark Room
From the 51 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the game's minimalist design, immersive storytelling, and lack of ads or pay-to-win mechanics, often citing it as a timeless classic. However, recent complaints focus on specific UI changes, save data loss after updates, and perceived gameplay nerfs compared to earlier versions.
Mostly positive (92% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being useful. The main complaints are about missing features or content.
What people like
- Fun: “Admirable *and* enjoyable”
- Useful: “Highly recommended however!”
- Ease of use: “Something So Simple - So Fun”
- Design: “The simplistic layout betrays its deeply complex gameplay loop”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “bring back the old UI as an option please”
About A Dark Room
- One of Apple's most downloaded apps of 2014.
- Ranked in the top 10 games in 70 countries, #1 app overall in 7 countries.
- No ads, no loot boxes, no IAP, no tracking.
- 100% playable via VoiceOver.
- Relive the glory days of gaming from the era of Zork.
Latest updates
Store changes
What A Dark Room changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
More from Amirali Rajan
A Dark Room ® Android
A Dark Room ® is #20 in Games › Role Playing Paid on Google Play in United States and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Games › Role Playing PaidA Dark Room ® at a glance
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A Dark Room ® on Google Play
App details
A Dark Room ® downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where A Dark Room ®'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #20 |
| India | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #37 |
 Mexico | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #32 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #34 |
| Indonesia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #36 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #35 |
 Turkey | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #35 |
 Netherlands | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #36 |
 Thailand | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #40 |
 Vietnam | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #33 |
Apps near A Dark Room ® on the chart
Games › Role Playing Paid, around #20.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about A Dark Room ®
From the 113 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users praise the game's unique text-based narrative and immersive atmosphere, noting it is short but highly engaging. However, complaints focus on accessibility issues for visually impaired players and small font sizes that hinder readability.
Mostly positive (87% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about not being fun, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Fun: “I got addicted then it was over”
- Ease of use: “Interesting, immersive and simple”
- Design: “Beautifully designed and very fun game”
- Price & subscription: “5/5 stars, worth the money”
Common complaints
- Fun: “I did not really enjoy this”
- Crashes & bugs: “Get the same error on both my phones”
About A Dark Room ®
- Official Android release of A Dark Room (registered trademark).
- No ads.
- No micro transactions.
- No data usage (playable without wifi)).
- No elevated permissions.
- Made with love by indie game developers.
A Dark Room is an innovative text-based adventure that harkens back to the magic of Zork, adding a modern spin on a classic genre and time in gaming.
It challenges the player’s perceptions, actions and imagination. Visually clean, A Dark Room presents text and cues with limited visual flourishes, but the experience that takes shape is full of depth and environmental storytelling. Audio is also important, portraying a dark world that the player can only imagine.
It is a game that draws players in, allowing them to perceive the intriguing...
What's new in 18.6
16kb alignment added.