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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

Bit Golem · 2021-09-24

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2021 (SteamVR)

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft is a free-to-play Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play title released in 2021, with Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 12335 reviews).

95%
positive of 12k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
62/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
0.7h
to beat · rushed 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 439 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,532 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 50 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 2,466 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,114 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002021-10-272026-10-142021-10-27 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.002026-09-01 — best price $0.002026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-05 — best price $0.002026-09-07 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-11 — best price $0.002026-09-13 — best price $0.002026-09-15 — best price $0.002026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-19 — best price $0.002026-09-21 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-09-29 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.002026-10-03 — best price $0.002026-10-05 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-09 — best price $0.002026-10-11 — best price $0.002026-10-13 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "The Seeker"
49.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Czech…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-09-24, latest 2023-10-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,50636%6

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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