
Dark Matter is a classic arcade space shooter inspired by Asteroids, featuring fast-paced ship combat, physics-based movement, and score-driven gameplay.
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Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Sep 7 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Dark Matter is a retro-style arcade space shooter inspired by classic games like Asteroids. Players pilot a spacecraft in open space, destroying enemies and hazards while managing momentum, inertia, and positioning.
The focus is on fast reactions, precise control, and survival under constant pressure.
Movement in Dark Matter is driven by physics rather than fixed paths. Thrust, rotation, and momentum all matter, rewarding players who master ship control and spatial awareness.
Combat is immediate and skill-based, with escalating difficulty that challenges reflexes and situational awareness rather than long-term progression systems.
Dark Matter is built around short, intense play sessions and high-score chasing. Each run pushes players to improve efficiency, accuracy, and survivability.
This is a pure arcade experience, designed for replayability rather than narrative or exploration.
Classic arcade space shooter gameplay
Physics-based ship movement and combat
Fast-paced, reflex-driven action
Score-focused design built for replayability
Retro-inspired presentation
Single-player arcade experience
Genres
Sums Steam only; Epic publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $4.99 | 156reviews | 59% | — | $17.7K |
| $4.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 41 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
https://youtu.be/yX9EgqNUhC8 Even being upfront in declaring this is a game based on asteroids players would likely be better off playing asteroids than this take on the classic.
Tried to complete all achievement but stockpile achievement seems to be bugged, because I tried everything and I never get it. Game is meh
Easy, basic and boring.
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Good little shooter, clone of Asteroids, perfect for chilling for a few hours.
If you liked Asteroids then...
Yeah it's just an Asteroids clone. Kinda fun. Make it free.
I can't even finish this game because it just ended up being repetitive and bland. All the enemies feel the same and the round are either incredibly difficult or incredibly easy. It was a bit fun for the first 10 minutes but when i realized that i had essentially gone through the entire strategy and basics for the game it just became menial work. The other huge problem is that a good portion of the mechanics are useless 90% of the time. Like moving...... which is only efficient when your getting the M capsules or avoiding the occasional boss rush. Or charging..... which does as much damage as its spray fire counterparts. Over all this just was not fun to play at all and i can't really recommend this to anyone.
More like Dull Matter But it works..
Awesome graphics, great gameplay, I used mouse and keyboard, and the controls (even thrusters) are very intuitive, nice game.
Game is boring repetitive and gets to a point where it is damn near impossible to beat the level. A game should be fun not frustrating. I don't recommend wasting your time or money.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
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