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Chaos on Deponia cover art

Chaos on Deponia

Daedalic Entertainment · 2012-11-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 06, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2012 (Mac), Dec 06, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Nov 14, 2014 (Linux)

With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.

26
playing now
90%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 8.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Chaos on Deponia is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment. A sequel to Deponia, it continues the story of the main character Rufus as he attempts to escape from his home planet Deponia.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 242 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 178% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 125k–250k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,127 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.61-92%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.61-92%
Humble Store$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-03-05) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 150 of 189 observed days · $0.61 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16362026-08-06 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 163 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.02$1.202015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.212015-04-10 — best price $4.992015-07-03 — best price $11.992015-11-23 — best price $10.642016-03-21 — best price $1.992016-08-03 — best price $4.262017-01-20 — best price $2.962017-09-21 — best price $19.992018-05-23 — best price $19.992018-11-20 — best price $1.992019-04-18 — best price $2.002019-11-10 — best price $1.992020-02-27 — best price $19.992020-07-05 — best price $16.302020-10-18 — best price $19.992021-01-08 — best price $19.992021-04-23 — best price $1.992021-07-23 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $1.592022-02-21 — best price $2.172022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-11-16 — best price $14.692023-04-29 — best price $19.992023-10-03 — best price $14.692024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-06-16 — best price $15.892024-09-27 — best price $1.632024-12-03 — best price $14.692025-05-19 — best price $1.992025-09-15 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.882026-04-18 — best price $1.992026-07-17 — best price $16.572026-08-30 — best price $1.61
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9252026-05-29 — 28 pageviews2026-06-01 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 17 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 25 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-15 — 74 pageviews2026-08-18 — 37 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
58.5%
earned "Huzzah with booze and so forth"
22.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Polish, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,65220%34
PS4 (PlayStation)3,62369%35
PS4 (PlayStation)1,70978%35
Xbox One (Xbox)81238%34
Switch (Nintendo)560%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleClassicAdventureSteampunkDark HumorHand-drawn

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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