Stats & Achievements

What DarkHelm tracks on your Steam account

DarkHelm records your career across every game you crew. Because the simulation is shared but each player earns progress on their own Steam account, achievements and stats reflect what you personally did on the bridge — a kill counts for the crew that landed it, a rescue for the shuttle that brought the survivors home.

Achievements

Achievement	How to earn it
First Command	Complete your first mission.
First Blood	Destroy your first enemy ship.
Station Killer	Destroy an enemy station.
Full Complement	Crew all seven core bridge stations on one ship at once.
Nuclear Option	Destroy a ship with a nuclear missile.
Last Stand	Win a mission with your hull below 10%.
Veteran	Complete 25 missions.
Ace	Destroy 100 enemy ships.
Search and Rescue	Rescue and deliver 50 survivors home.
Wayfarer	Jump to 10 different star systems.

Veteran, Ace, Search and Rescue and Wayfarer track progress against your lifetime career totals below.

Career stats

Your running totals across all sessions:

Stat	What it counts
Missions completed	Missions you finished.
Kills	Enemy ships your crew destroyed.
Stations destroyed	Enemy stations destroyed.
Survivors rescued	Escape-pod survivors recovered and delivered home.
Jumps made	Hyperspace jumps completed.
Systems visited	Distinct star systems reached.
Deaths	Times your ship was lost.
Hours played	Total time on the bridge.

Leaderboards

Compete on the global boards — highest total wins:

Leaderboard	Ranked by
Top Guns	Total enemy ships destroyed.
Mission Veterans	Total missions completed.
Lifesavers	Total survivors rescued.

Achievements, stats and leaderboards are recorded through Steam — they unlock and tally while you play the Steam build signed in to your account. Your full progress is always viewable on your Steam profile and the game's Steam community pages.