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DeathSpank

Hothead Games · Electronic Arts · 2010-10-25

SteamXbox

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 14, 2010 (Mac), Jul 13, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Jul 14, 2010 (Xbox 360), Oct 26, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2010 (Linux)

For uncounted years, DeathSpank has been a Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden.

4
playing now
95%
positive of 992 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

DeathSpank, also known as DeathSpank: Orphans of Justice, is an action role-playing video game developed by Hothead Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was created by game designers Ron Gilbert and Clayton Kauzlaric. The game was released on July 13, 2010 on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and on July 14, 2010 on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. The Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions were released October 26, 2010 and December 14, 2010 respectively, via Steam.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 40k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 992 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-05-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

612026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $14.992016-02-06 — best price $5.092016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $3.742017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-06-22 — best price $3.742017-11-01 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $5.092018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $3.742018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $3.742019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $4.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $4.942020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $4.942021-02-22 — best price $14.992021-06-25 — best price $5.092021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $3.742022-02-11 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-04-29 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-05-15 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-04 — best price $14.992026-01-27 — best price $4.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-18 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

99202026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-03 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 40 pageviews2026-06-15 — 54 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-21 — 38 pageviews2026-06-24 — 42 pageviews2026-06-27 — 31 pageviews2026-06-30 — 39 pageviews2026-07-03 — 55 pageviews2026-07-06 — 36 pageviews2026-07-09 — 64 pageviews2026-07-12 — 39 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-18 — 35 pageviews2026-07-21 — 30 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 41 pageviews2026-07-30 — 56 pageviews2026-08-02 — 34 pageviews2026-08-05 — 35 pageviews2026-08-08 — 52 pageviews2026-08-11 — 55 pageviews2026-08-14 — 52 pageviews2026-08-17 — 99 pageviews2026-08-20 — 50 pageviews2026-08-23 — 45 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 pageviews2026-08-28 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "Can't Kill Me..."
25.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)11,91656%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)8,43050%12
Steam (Steam)5,31631%12

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

Player tags

RPGFunnyIndieActionComedyParody AdventureAction RPGLocal Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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