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Dead Bits

Microblast Games · SA Industry · 2014-06-07

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

4
playing now
59%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.49
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 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 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 208k–500k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,336 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 20 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

45512026-08-06 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 192 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 326 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 90 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

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Player tags

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Census log

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