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Deep Despair

BekkerDev Studio · 2020-02-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!

Deep Despair is a 2020 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG title priced at $0.59, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Mixed sentiment (67% of 283 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 283 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.59
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (37 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 283 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.50 at Steam (2025-04-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720202026Week of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2802026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9421Feb 2020Jul 2026Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 16Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 57Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 96Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2025 — avg 57 · peak 710Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2025 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2026 — avg 125 · peak 1,085May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 51

▲ +3 avg players vs prior month — Jul 2026

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

Price history

$11.99$0.502020-02-172026-08-252020-02-17 — best price $1.192020-04-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-05 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-27 — best price $1.242021-09-02 — best price $1.242021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-05-25 — best price $0.992022-08-01 — best price $0.992022-11-08 — best price $9.992023-01-19 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-05-31 — best price $9.992023-09-16 — best price $1.792023-11-21 — best price $1.192024-01-05 — best price $1.192024-03-14 — best price $1.192024-05-27 — best price $0.832024-08-24 — best price $0.832024-11-27 — best price $0.832025-01-17 — best price $0.832025-04-17 — best price $2.992025-06-18 — best price $2.992025-08-01 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.502026-03-02 — best price $0.592026-04-15 — best price $0.592026-06-25 — best price $0.592026-08-25 — best price $0.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalTop-DownAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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