Is Dark Chambers on Steam?

No. Dark Chambers is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Dark Chambers on?

Dark Chambers is available on Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600.

When did Dark Chambers release?

Dark Chambers was first released on April 1, 1989.

Dark Chambers

Apr 1, 1989ShooterAtari 8-bitAtari 2600

Dark Chambers — frequently asked questions

Is Dark Chambers on Steam?: No. Dark Chambers is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Dark Chambers on?: Dark Chambers is available on Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600.
When did Dark Chambers release?: Dark Chambers was first released on April 1, 1989.

About Dark Chambers

Dark Chambers is an arcade action game similar to Gauntlet. You are an explorer in an underground maze; your goal is to survive the 26 different levels and collect as many of the hidden treasures as you can. Hidden somewhere in each of the levels is an exit which will take you on to the next level. Trying to stop you from completing your quest are a wide variety of creatures, including zombies, wraiths, skeletons, wizards, and the grim reaper. Each of the creatures in the game has a different strength; when you shoot a creature, it will transform into the next weaker creature. Eventually a creature will become the weakest one (a zombie) at which point it can be destroyed. In addition to the creatures and treasures, other items that can be found in the maze are keys (to open doors), potions (to restore health), poison (drains health), guns (increases your firing rate), traps, shields, and bombs. The game is played from an overhead point of view, and is for one player or two players simultaneously.

Summary via IGDB.

Dark Chambers on Wikipedia

Dandy is a 1983 dungeon crawl maze video game developed by John Howard Palevich and published by the Atari Program Exchange for Atari 8-bit computers. It is one of the first video games with four-player, simultaneous cooperative play. Players equipped with bows and unlimited arrows fight through a maze containing monsters, monster spawners, keys, locked doors, food, and bombs in search of the exit leading to the next level. If a player dies, they can be revived by finding and shooting a heart. The game includes an editor for making new dungeons.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600
Developer: Atari Corporation
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Fantasy

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Atari 2600	1989	$15	$20	$31

Also released on: Atari 8-bit. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

$15

Complete

$20

Sealed

$31

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Limited Edition	$25	$70	$70

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Red	CX26151	Scarce+

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA
Released: 1989
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Low

On Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration since Nov 11, 2022 — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A licensed rework of Dandy, the dungeon game that inspired Gauntlet, released by Atari Corp. late in the 2600's life.

Dark Chambers comes from Dandy, a 1983 Atari 8-bit dungeon crawler that John Howard Palevich wrote as his undergraduate thesis at MIT. Atari Games' 1985 arcade Gauntlet built on Dandy's core design, and its designer Ed Logg later called Dandy a direct influence.

Atari Corporation licensed the game from Palevich and reworked it as Dark Chambers for the 2600, 7800 and 8-bit computers. The 2600 version was developed by Sculptured Software and released in May 1989. It is on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.

How it was made

Developed for the 2600 by Sculptured Software and published by Atari Corp. in 1989, under license from Dandy's creator John Howard Palevich.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 16 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Before you buy

Low risk. There are two versions to tell apart: the standard release and a Limited Edition, which sells for more. As a late Atari Corp release the cart uses the universal 2600/7800 shell with no dust door and a gray label, which is correct and not a sign of a fake. Standard copies are cheap at every grade.