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Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Age of Darkness: Final Stand

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Released Jan 15, 2025 Developer PlaySide Platforms Windows Tower DefenseAction RTSRTSPvEStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $27.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

76.8%positive9,463 reviews
Recommended · 28 found this helpful

“Alright y'all, compare this playtime to the rest of the reviews and listen to me when I say, this is not a bad game. Is it as polished as it should be? Has it been patched in the past year or so? Did this game live up to it's potential? Is the campaign worth playing at all? The…”

— a player, Steam review · 167 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“Hard one to cut and dry recommend or not. In my opinion its a great game, much better than "They are billions" with more room for actual strategy over the "just kite with expendables and mow down" approach, it had a great start with good lore and a solid enough storyline. The…”

— a player, Steam review · 101 hrs played
Not recommended · 142 found this helpful

“This game has been abandoned by the devs, leaving behind a diamond that couldve shined bright as day. As it stands now, its an unfinished game with more bugs than I could report. On top of that the people in charge showed very poor leadership and communication skills, which led…”

— a player, Steam review · 244 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:38 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

149playing at last check
14124-hour peak
6,458all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.8k avg · Jan 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

66achievements
5.9%median completion
0.1%rarest: Warden of the Dawn VII
54.3% of players 46.3% of players 44.4% of players 40.2% of players 38.3% of players 36.2% of players 35.0% of players 33.5% of players 31.3% of players 29.0% of players 29.0% of players 26.5% of players 21.9% of players 21.6% of players 19.5% of players 18.9% of players 16.9% of players 15.3% of players 14.9% of players 14.7% of players 13.5% of players 12.6% of players 12.6% of players 11.5% of players 11.2% of players 10.9% of players 9.3% of players 9.1% of players 9.0% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 54.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.3%Paltry Sum — Collect 5,000 Gold
46.3%Good Business — Hidden achievement
44.4%From the Dark I — Remove Horrified on 5 units
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Warden of the Dawn VII — Hidden achievement
0.1%Night Slayer VII — Hidden achievement
0.1%Ruler of Erodar — Complete all Achievements

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$27.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$27.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US27.99 USD
EU26.99 EUR
UK22.99 GBP
Australia40.99 AUD
Canada35.99 CAD
Japan3,150 JPY
Brazil82.99 BRL
China99.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$15 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$31

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 30, 2025
Age of Darkness: Final Stand - Patch v1.0.2.5 Bug Fixes and QoL Changes

Protectors of the Light,Today, we’re releasing patch v1.0.2.5, which continues to focus on improving game stability and reducing crashes. The update also includes several other bug fixes, as well as s

May 30, 2025
Age of Darkness: Final Stand + KILL KNIGHT Bundle

Protectors of the Light, We’re excited to announce our ‘Age of Darkness: Final Stand + KILL KNIGHT’ Bundle, which provides 10% off both titles. As the last bastion of defense against huge tidal waves

May 27, 2025
Age of Darkness: Final Stand - Patch v1.0.2.4 Multiplayer Stability Update

Protectors of the Light, Today, we are releasing Patch v1.0.2.4, which focuses on Multiplayer stability. This new update: Multiplayer FixesResolves a desynchronization issue that could occur at the st

May 20, 2025
Age of Darkness: Final Stand - Patch v1.0.2.3 Crash and Achievements Fixes

Protectors of the Light, Today, we’re releasing Patch v1.0.2.3, which focuses on crash and bug fixes. Most notably, this update addresses critical crashes occurring when using Aurelia, Vizargo and Mer

May 05, 2025
Age of Darkness: Final Stand - Patch v1.0.2.2 Crash and Bug Fixes

Protectors of the Light, Patch v1.0.2.2 is a continuation of our work towards our current central goal; creating a consistent and stable gameplay experience for all players. Crash FixesFix for a crash

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsTower Defense · Action RTS · RTS · PvE · Strategy · Base-Building · 3D · Dark Fantasy · Stylized · Fantasy · Medieval · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America *
Achievements66
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.ageofdarkness.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4 GB Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: 8 Mbsp (Download) / 2 Mbps (Upload) is recommended for Online play.