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A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.

Dark Sector is a action, third-person shooter and gore game developed and published by Digital Extremes.
Released on March 24th 2009 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 2,829 reviews of which 2,154 were positive and 675 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Dark Sector into these genres:

Action Third-Person Shooter Gore Singleplayer Shooter Third Person Violent Horror Sci-fi Multiplayer Difficult Co-op Atmospheric Hack and Slash

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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)

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2024
DE in an absolute power move decided to give the game away 10 days after I bought and played through it. 😭 Well worth it tho, for what it was for its time and the bs the devs needed to deal with in order to get the funding needed for the game. Honestly, without Dark Sector turning out the way it did, who knows if we'd get Warframe the way it ended up being developed and it honestly may've been for the best. Graphics still hold up fine to this day imo and there were parts that were genuinely challenging to tackle but remained both fair and fun. Overall a solid experience in my book.
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Nov. 2024
DE, remaster this and put it in Warframe as a secret. Or resell it for $10, like something please this is such a fun game. It's buggy, sure, but the bugs are all funny. The gameplay is still solid, story is entertaining, just fix the post processing and the 16:9 resolution please I beg you.
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Oct. 2024
I played DarkSector back when the game first launched on PS3. I instantly fell in love with it as well as following Digital Extremes games for many years (My Dad played their pinball games, I played Unreal a fair bit.) So, once DarkSector released I jumped on it after playing the Demo. This game honestly surprisingly aged well, I can still play this and enjoy it like I was first playing it back on the PS. The controls are easy to pick up, the story is fun, the glaive is just my go to (Especially in Warframe lmao) I recommend people give DarkSector a go, especially if you adore Warframe. Trust me it hits hard when you played this before joining Warframe.
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Sept. 2024
I am loving this game so far. 2 thumbs up. I am playing this game on the steam deck, and it should be steam deck verified. This game needs achievements.
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July 2024
Came here after Tennocon 2024 and the 1999 showcase, game is old but still pretty good, nice to see the early designs that would be updated and used in Warframe later
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Frequently Asked Questions

Dark Sector is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Dark Sector is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Dark Sector received 2,154 positive votes out of a total of 2,829 achieving a rating of 7.38.
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Dark Sector was developed and published by Digital Extremes.

Dark Sector is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Dark Sector is not playable on MacOS.

Dark Sector is not playable on Linux.

Dark Sector offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Dark Sector offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Dark Sector does not currently offer any DLC.

Dark Sector does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Dark Sector does not support Steam Remote Play.

Dark Sector is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Dark Sector PEGI 18
9.99€
7.4
2,154
675
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Developer
Digital Extremes
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Digital Extremes
Release 24 Mar 2009
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