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Deponia

Daedalic Entertainment · 2012-08-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 24, 2019 (Xbox One), Sep 10, 2015 (iOS), Aug 07, 2012 (Mac), Aug 07, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

337
playing now
87%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
33
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (202 ratings)
7.7h
to beat · completionist 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

337 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Deponia is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The game's story sees players taking on the role of Rufus, an inhabitant of the junk planet Deponia, as he attempts to seek a new life on the floating city known as Elysium. However, he soon becomes embroiled with the task of helping an Elysian return to their home and uncovers a plot that threatens his home planet. The game received multiple sequels, including Chaos on Deponia (2012), Goodbye Deponia (2013), and Deponia Doomsday (2016).

Health check

Healthy
  • · 337 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 866 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~108/week).
  • · Review velocity up 184% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
Humble Store$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.48-25%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Nuuvem (2024-06-18) · bundled 22×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.95 · on sale 198 of 200 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32832820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k212026-08-06 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 339 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,440 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,007 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 485 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 845 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 647 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 292 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 399 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 371 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 166 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 200 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 282 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 173 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 337 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$159.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.812015-04-17 — best price $159.992015-07-20 — best price $4.992015-11-27 — best price $4.002016-03-21 — best price $1.992016-07-11 — best price $15.992016-11-30 — best price $19.952017-04-29 — best price $19.952017-10-16 — best price $0.992018-02-27 — best price $19.952018-08-03 — best price $8.992018-12-17 — best price $0.992019-05-10 — best price $0.992019-10-30 — best price $9.992020-02-12 — best price $9.812020-05-26 — best price $7.342020-09-01 — best price $8.392020-11-26 — best price $8.492021-02-18 — best price $0.992021-05-11 — best price $0.992021-08-19 — best price $9.992021-11-17 — best price $0.992022-02-16 — best price $7.342022-05-17 — best price $8.382022-09-01 — best price $0.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-04-29 — best price $9.992023-09-09 — best price $9.992023-12-25 — best price $1.002024-04-10 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-09-30 — best price $1.002024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $0.992025-08-15 — best price $0.912025-10-28 — best price $0.622026-02-18 — best price $1.002026-05-23 — best price $1.002026-08-18 — best price $0.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

20402026-08-26 19:15 — 14 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 101 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 137 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 204 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 142 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 33 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "Kindergarten"
22.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

15 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Greek, Turkish, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31,87616%19
PS4 (PlayStation)11,18267%19
Xbox One (Xbox)1,45535%19
Switch (Nintendo)1740%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleClassicAdventureSteampunkDark HumorHand-drawn

Census log

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

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