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DED cover art

DED

L. Stotch · 2017-03-03

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 03, 2017 (Linux)

DED - a game in the shoot'em up genre. Your granddaughter has been kidnapped, and your daughter and son-in-law murdered. Having just bits and pieces of information about the abductors, you will have to save your granddaughter and find the masterminds behind these crimes.

DED is a 2017 Action, Free To Play, and Indie game that is free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 764 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 765 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Dec 2016Jan 2023Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

10
achievements tracked
82%
earned "1"
54.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,94822%10

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

Player tags

2DGoreIndieRetroShortActionShooterDifficultFast-PacedEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.