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Defunct

Freshly Squeezed · SOEDESCO · 2016-01-29

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 13, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 19, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Defunct is an indie adventure game with a focus on flow, speed and an engaging world. You are a broken robot that accidentally falls out of a giant cargo ship onto a post-human Earth, now inhabited by robots. You have to get back to your ship before it’s too late!

Defunct is an Adventure, Indie, and Racing game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (80% of 734 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
80%
positive of 737 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
3.26★
PlayStation Store rating (524 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Defunct is an indie adventure video game developed by the Swedish indie video game development studio Freshly Squeezed from Visby. The game received several nominations at the 2014 Swedish Game Awards, including Game of the Year, which it went on to win. It was also nominated for Best Student Project at the 2014 Unity Awards.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (81 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 737 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.60 at GamersGate (2025-04-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 96 of 118 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 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).

Price history

$14.99$0.602016-01-292026-10-092016-01-29 — best price $11.242016-07-15 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-05-14 — best price $4.002018-10-02 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-04-16 — best price $0.992020-11-10 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.742023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-07-01 — best price $7.892023-08-15 — best price $7.892023-10-10 — best price $0.992023-12-01 — best price $0.752024-01-11 — best price $0.752024-03-04 — best price $0.792024-04-23 — best price $1.002024-06-27 — best price $1.392024-08-15 — best price $0.992024-11-09 — best price $7.862025-01-28 — best price $9.992025-04-30 — best price $0.702025-07-17 — best price $0.992025-09-12 — best price $0.702025-11-06 — best price $9.992025-12-22 — best price $6.292026-02-12 — best price $0.602026-03-10 — best price $0.702026-04-16 — best price $0.992026-05-29 — best price $7.442026-07-15 — best price $6.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5902026-05-30 — 59 pageviews2026-06-03 — 0 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 2 pageviews2026-09-07 — 4 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-15 — 5 pageviews2026-09-19 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
47.5%
earned "Apprentice Collector"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

25 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Dutch, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-02-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1813%28
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1594%28
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)9223%27
Switch (Nintendo)720%0

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

Player tags

IndieShortArcadeCasualRacingRobotsColorfulAdventureControllerFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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