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Damascus cover art

Damascus

Team Teal · 2020-05-15

Steam

Free To PlayIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2020 (Linux), May 15, 2020 (Mac)

Damascus is a pixel-art MMORPG created by two guys. Create a unique character and explore the strange and fantastic world that is before you. Train any of your 19 different skills. Chat and trade with other players. Make friends and slay all sorts of Dragons!

Damascus is a Free To Play, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG game released in 2020, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 250 reviews).

3
playing now
76%
positive of 250 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (79 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 9,510 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220202026Week of 2020-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
76.9%
earned "Let's make me"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerMMOSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3301%25

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieMMORPGEconomyFree to PlayPixel GraphicsMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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