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Dark Sector
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
27 of the 83 reviews raise this.
7 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“Unless you like seeing an alternate concept of Warframe, I honestly don't recommend this game at all. The game is just bad in many aspects, the gameplay is weak and visually it looks very dull. It's obviously a product…”
“Interesting game, decent story and gunplay.”
“Got this when it became free, Story got me staight in and loved every second of it!”
5 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“Recommended if you enjoy the third person shooters of the PS360 generation, it's not a masterpiece but it's fun and doesn't overstay its welcome.”
“It has the vibe of Warframe but definitely isn't. Has it's problems as it's a 2009 game, but it is a solid 7-8 hour experience. Do not buy it at full price though. Wait for big sale. I got it free from promotion on…”
5 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“This is your typical eurojank third person shooter in the same vein as Dark Void, Scourge Outbreak, Deep Black, Inversion, Binary Domain, Spec Ops The Line etc. All of these games have the same approach to game design,…”
4 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“It's a decent game from the mid 2000s era when all games had their entire color palette made from different shades of brown and gray. It was the initial project from Warframe devs. You can very clearly see this from the…”
“Графонистая вайбовая игра. Советую всем”
18 of the 83 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Dark Sector is a pretty good game, despite the fact that is from 2008. But of course that it had flaws, things that I was not very fond of. For example: – The upgrades your find for your weapons are pretty weak. – The…”
“Gameplay did not age well. If I could give it a neutral recommendation I would. Play Warframe instead”
“Pretty much nice game Yes, there r a lot of bugs. Still playable. Bosses are kinda interesting if u r fun of fighting big sized creatures. However, game is repetitive. It tries to give different content but still…”
15 of the 83 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty much nice game Yes, there r a lot of bugs. Still playable. Bosses are kinda interesting if u r fun of fighting big sized creatures. However, game is repetitive. It tries to give different content but still…”
“really old game cant play”
“This game screws up your computer. If you try to alt+tab out of it, it screws up your resolution. Do not play this game even if you got it for free like I did. It isn't worth jack.”
8 of the 83 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Dark Sector feels like a game that doesn’t know what it wants to be—and never figures it out. It throws you into this gray, infected world with Hayden Tenno, acting like it’s deep and gritty, but it just ends up…”
“It's an experience, not a good one, not a bad one. As much as the game can have its moments, especially the first fights against the infested, it's just slow, unbalanced, unpolished, with terrible controls on pc, with…”
7 of the 83 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Unless you like seeing an alternate concept of Warframe, I honestly don't recommend this game at all. The game is just bad in many aspects, the gameplay is weak and visually it looks very dull. It's obviously a product…”
“Dark Sector feels like a game that doesn’t know what it wants to be—and never figures it out. It throws you into this gray, infected world with Hayden Tenno, acting like it’s deep and gritty, but it just ends up…”
6 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“at first it didnt run the game but after a little bit of messing around im able to play the game it was not bad”
“Forced fullscreen. Doesn't render correctly at 1920x1080 resolution. No cloud saves. I think you can find better third-person shooters.”
“ts so unoptimized”
Counted across 83 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Kinda cool to see where the Warframe devs got their start, but this game hasn't aged very well”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“is like seeing the Mona Lisa being painted”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Its a competently made 3rd person cover shooter, but a bit too boring for its length. It starts ok, and at first I thought it was just to slowly ease you into more guns, and "alien" abilities but nope. You have 1 handgun(aka pistols) slot and 1 rifle slot(for rifles n shotguns),…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Third-Person Shooter · Gore · Singleplayer · Shooter · Third Person · Violent · Horror · Sci-fi · Multiplayer · Difficult · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://www.digitalextremes.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista 32bit Processor: Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz or similar Athlon® 64™ Memory: XP 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 6.5 GB Available Video Card: DirectX 9.0 compatible, with shaders 3.0 support (nVidia GeForce 6600 or ATI X1300 or higher) Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card DirectX® Version: 9.0c Controller support: XInput-controllers (Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Logitech Chillstream)