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DeathSpank

Hothead Games · Electronic Arts · 2010-10-25

SteamXbox

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

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.

DeathSpank is a 2010 Action, Indie and RPG game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 992 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
95%
positive of 992 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

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 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
681Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2012 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2013 — avg 68 · peak 434Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 45Aug 2014 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 38Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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 pageviews2026-06-04 — 27 pageviews2026-06-08 — 27 pageviews2026-06-12 — 40 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 21 pageviews2026-06-24 — 42 pageviews2026-06-28 — 40 pageviews2026-07-02 — 36 pageviews2026-07-06 — 36 pageviews2026-07-10 — 33 pageviews2026-07-14 — 47 pageviews2026-07-18 — 35 pageviews2026-07-22 — 39 pageviews2026-07-26 — 33 pageviews2026-07-30 — 56 pageviews2026-08-03 — 34 pageviews2026-08-07 — 34 pageviews2026-08-11 — 55 pageviews2026-08-15 — 61 pageviews2026-08-19 — 54 pageviews2026-08-23 — 45 pageviews2026-08-27 — 39 pageviews2026-08-31 — 42 pageviews2026-09-04 — 34 pageviews2026-09-08 — 36 pageviews2026-09-12 — 30 pageviews2026-09-16 — 44 pageviews2026-09-20 — 45 pageviews2026-09-24 — 35 pageviews2026-09-28 — 38 pageviews2026-10-02 — 49 pageviews2026-10-06 — 45 pageviews2026-10-10 — 30 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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