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DDNet

DDNet Team · 2020-08-17

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 17, 2020 (Mac), Aug 17, 2020 (Linux)

Want to play the hardest cooperative 2D platformer ever? Want to finish no map ever? Want to be in pain for hours and cry, getting nothing in return? Come play DDNet with a large community of other sufferers!

DDNet is a 2020 Action, Indie, and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 46560 reviews).

1,657
playing now
88%
positive of 47k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
34
twitch viewers (latest)
17.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
93/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,657 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

DDNet trailer thumbnail

DDNet - DDraceNetwork Trailer

≈14,786 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,657 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,098 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~762/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,574 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,529 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 375 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,715 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,277 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 343 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,610 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,013 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,102 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,161 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 99 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.0k4742026-09-15 12:00 — 2,360 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,470 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 624 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 2,687 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,209 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 485 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,467 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,560 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 637 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,084 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2,590 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 566 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,229 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,816 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,160 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,078 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,542 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,030 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 650 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,745 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,582 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 531 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,657 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.9k514Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 746 · peak 1,217Oct 2020 — avg 544 · peak 907Dec 2020 — avg 514 · peak 835Feb 2021 — avg 809 · peak 1,356Apr 2021 — avg 902 · peak 1,651Jun 2021 — avg 930 · peak 1,566Aug 2021 — avg 1,230 · peak 2,057Oct 2021 — avg 973 · peak 1,913Dec 2021 — avg 877 · peak 1,842Feb 2022 — avg 1,054 · peak 1,988Apr 2022 — avg 1,142 · peak 2,175Jun 2022 — avg 1,078 · peak 1,884Aug 2022 — avg 1,751 · peak 3,030Oct 2022 — avg 1,222 · peak 2,648Dec 2022 — avg 1,412 · peak 2,932Feb 2023 — avg 1,289 · peak 2,618Apr 2023 — avg 1,126 · peak 2,444Jun 2023 — avg 1,222 · peak 2,334Aug 2023 — avg 1,327 · peak 2,358Oct 2023 — avg 1,072 · peak 2,409Dec 2023 — avg 1,070 · peak 2,300Feb 2024 — avg 1,202 · peak 2,360Apr 2024 — avg 1,133 · peak 2,402Jun 2024 — avg 2,164 · peak 4,037Aug 2024 — avg 4,218 · peak 8,949Oct 2024 — avg 4,896 · peak 10,580Dec 2024 — avg 4,099 · peak 8,848Feb 2025 — avg 3,404 · peak 7,544Apr 2025 — avg 2,605 · peak 5,245Jun 2025 — avg 2,376 · peak 5,220Aug 2025 — avg 2,268 · peak 3,901Oct 2025 — avg 1,771 · peak 5,548Dec 2025 — avg 1,895 · peak 3,789Feb 2026 — avg 1,930 · peak 3,890Apr 2026 — avg 1,885 · peak 3,827Jun 2026 — avg 1,688 · peak 3,064Aug 2026 — avg 1,825 · peak 3,352
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
23232026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 16 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 21 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 9 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 23 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new negative2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 13 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

10802026-09-30 22:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 34 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

35 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCo-opActionPuzzleModdablePlatformerTeam-BasedMultiplayerFree to PlayLevel Editor

Census log

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

Recent updates

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