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DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue cover art

DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue

Hothead Games · Electronic Arts · 2010-11-30

SteamXbox

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 14, 2010 (Mac), Sep 20, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Nov 30, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2010 (Xbox 360), Nov 30, 2010 (Linux)

Join DeathSpank in the hunt for the Thongs of Virtue! Fight through all new environments and quests and collect all new weapons, armor, and loot in one of the funniest action-RPGs to date!

DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2010, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (86% of 318 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 318 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is an action role-playing game by game designer Ron Gilbert and is the sequel to DeathSpank. It was announced on August 23, 2010. The game adds new environments, modernized weapons, increased boss fights, and a new multiplayer character. Thongs of Virtue was released on September 21, 2010 on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and on September 22, 2010 on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. The Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions were released November 30, 2010 and December 14, 2010, respectively via Steam.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 13k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 318 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-022015-01-01 — best price $14.992021-03-29 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-04 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-28 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-03-27 — best price $14.992025-05-15 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-04 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-10 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-07 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3872026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 21 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 26 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 18 pageviews2026-08-12 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 25 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 20 pageviews2026-09-09 — 15 pageviews2026-09-13 — 23 pageviews2026-09-17 — 18 pageviews2026-09-21 — 19 pageviews2026-09-25 — 11 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "Orque Impostor"
28.4%
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)6,42136%13
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,14433%13
Steam (Steam)1,79228%13

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

Player tags

RPGIndieActionComedyParody Action RPGLocal Co-OpHack and Slash

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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