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Dead Bits

Microblast Games · SA Industry · 2014-06-07

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 07, 2014 (Mac)

Quilly was abducted by aliens, now, he has to fight for his freedom! Destroy cube aliens with guns, bats and inteligence... avoid traps and more. Dead Bits is a first-person shooter with original dubstep soundtrack for Windows and Mac.

Dead Bits is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $0.49, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and Mixed reviews (59% of 8333 reviews).

74
playing now
59%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.49
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Dead Bits trailer thumbnail

Dead Bits (trailer)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 74 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 131% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 208k–500k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,331 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.14 at Steam (2014-12-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79512026-09-15 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 112 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 503 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 74 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8911Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 20 · peak 115Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 24Feb 2015 — avg 33 · peak 124Jun 2015 — avg 35 · peak 72Oct 2015 — avg 42 · peak 96Feb 2016 — avg 106 · peak 359Jun 2016 — avg 36 · peak 78Oct 2016 — avg 29 · peak 131Feb 2017 — avg 27 · peak 165Jun 2017 — avg 45 · peak 447Oct 2017 — avg 107 · peak 1,703Feb 2018 — avg 81 · peak 551Jun 2018 — avg 91 · peak 3,463Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 1,136Feb 2019 — avg 8 · peak 92Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 22Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 15Feb 2020 — avg 255 · peak 6,129Jun 2020 — avg 137 · peak 4,877Oct 2020 — avg 102 · peak 2,057Feb 2021 — avg 17 · peak 434Jun 2021 — avg 28 · peak 576Oct 2021 — avg 91 · peak 4,481Feb 2022 — avg 29 · peak 417Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 153Oct 2022 — avg 51 · peak 780Feb 2023 — avg 49 · peak 709Jun 2023 — avg 89 · peak 1,423Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 99Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 120Jun 2024 — avg 27 · peak 456Nov 2024 — avg 44 · peak 1,832Jul 2025 — avg 100 · peak 2,368Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 189Mar 2026 — avg 48 · peak 1,066Jul 2026 — avg 33 · peak 742Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 506
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.142015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.142015-03-20 — best price $0.992015-06-24 — best price $0.252015-10-15 — best price $0.192016-01-15 — best price $0.242016-04-04 — best price $0.992016-06-08 — best price $1.992016-11-15 — best price $0.492017-01-26 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-11-23 — best price $0.492018-04-02 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.492019-02-12 — best price $0.492019-09-28 — best price $0.492019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-05-11 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $0.992021-01-26 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-06-23 — best price $0.512022-11-23 — best price $0.302023-02-24 — best price $0.302023-06-30 — best price $0.302024-01-19 — best price $4.992024-05-30 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-04-04 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-05 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-05 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-06-09 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSFunnyIndieVoxelActionCasualHorrorShooterZombiesDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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