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Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn

Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn

Dark Sword is a frenetic action game that mixes bullet-hell and hack-n-slash in the midst of a devastating and dark open world with a tragic backstory, where the player must immerse himself in order to defeat the powerful guardians that guard it.

Released Feb 22, 2025 Developer MrDoth Platforms Windows Bullet HellTop-Down ShooterHack and SlashSouls-likePvE
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

94.5%positive73 reviews
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Fun game, already softlocked tho. gotta restart. 5hours. gonna kms.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“UPDATE: The major bugs section of this review have been removed due to the 1.1 patch that addresses them. The game is in a much better state now. TLDR: My overall rating for this game is 8/10. It's not one of the best games I've played, but for its price and length it offers a…”

— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“awesome game with really cool combat, plus the dev immediately started helping me when I had issues with a bug 10/10”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

18achievements
16.3%median completion
1.9%rarest: Beat the game with any Newgame+
24.2% of players 23.2% of players 19.7% of players 19.5% of players 19.2% of players 18.4% of players 17.9% of players 17.8% of players 16.5% of players 16.3% of players 16.2% of players 15.8% of players 15.2% of players 14.7% of players 11.6% of players 4.8% of players 4.3% of players 1.9% of players 24.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
24.2% Defeat Cathralon at the Dead Valley — Go to the North
23.2%Defeat Goroth at the Bridge of the Horned One — Go to the Southwest
19.7%Defeat Rakul at his Study Hall — Go to the West
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%Beat the game with any Newgame+ — Defeat any final boss with Newgame+ activated
4.3%Defeat the Cervus — Hidden achievement
4.8%Beat the game on challenge mode — Defeat any final boss on challenge mode

Latest official news

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

Sep 30, 2025
DARK SWORD: UPDATE 1.2

News: New Boss Visual enhancements Shootgun nerfed Bow improved (New arrow shot per upgrade level) Increased weapon upgrade level to 5 (nerfed previus upgrade levels) Scythe damage Improved a bit Claw

Jun 15, 2025
DARK SWORD: PATCH 1.1.2: Newgame+

Added NewGame+ mode: after completing a run, you can now restart the game with increased difficulty. Keeping all the items and powers you got from the previus run! A new exclusive item can now be obta

Mar 11, 2025
DARK SWORD PATCH 1.1.1 Hotfix #1

Patch Notes Bug Fixes Cultists now die with the laser staff Fixed secret keys bug Cleanse spell no longer cast when changing the keybind Providence Icon glitch reset ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Gameplay Adjustm

Mar 10, 2025
DARK SWORD PATCH 1.1.1 Spanish translation & bug fixes

Patch Notes Bug Fixes Developer's command to add all powers removed. Player hitbox slightly adjusted Campfire in Providence combat now stays out of boss fight Hitting stones with the hammer no longer

Feb 25, 2025
DARK SWORD PATCH 1.1

Patch Notes Bug Fixes Fixed game saving bug when pausing the game. Achievements fixed (and one more added). Fixed wall bug in the Pits area. Fixed dashing through the stone hand bug. Fixed issue where

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsBullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Hack and Slash · Souls-like · PvE · Shooter · RPG · Action RPG · Metroidvania · 2D · Swordplay · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain * , Spanish - Latin America * *
Achievements18
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 10, 11 Processor: Dual-core a 2.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB VRAM compatible with OpenGL 2.1 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space