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Dead-End City Blues OD Edition

AleCubicSoft · Mango Party · 2024-10-17

Steam

Indie

In the slums of a futuristic city, a girl sets out to track down the drug that has taken it over. Strengthen your deck and defeat your foes in this card battling RPG.

87%
positive of 666 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (200 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 47,870 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 666 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2026-06-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18718720242026Week of 2024-10-18: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-10-18: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-25: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$5.392024-10-182026-10-082024-10-18 — best price $8.092024-10-31 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.092024-12-18 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $8.092025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-03-03 — best price $8.092025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-05-16 — best price $8.092025-05-30 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $8.092025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-07-18 — best price $8.092025-07-31 — best price $8.992025-09-15 — best price $7.192025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-10-30 — best price $7.192025-11-11 — best price $8.992025-12-11 — best price $6.292025-12-18 — best price $6.292026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-02-13 — best price $6.292026-02-27 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $6.292026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-04-15 — best price $6.292026-04-29 — best price $8.992026-06-18 — best price $5.392026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-09-17 — best price $5.392026-10-01 — best price $8.992026-10-02 — best price $5.392026-10-08 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "Level 1"
52.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17445%10

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

Census log

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