The Game Census
Desert Of The Dead cover art

Desert Of The Dead

Astralis Games · 2019-08-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are a mysterious wanderer traveling through the wilderness of the wild west. In cities and towns, people began to disappear, as in many cities the population became infected with a virus which turns people into zombies, and it is rumored that people from the government are behind this.

69%
positive of 432 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (139 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 25,870 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 432 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.37 at Steam (2022-12-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 13 of 19 observed days · $4.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
909020192026Week of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.372019-08-122026-10-082019-08-12 — best price $2.392019-10-15 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-04-27 — best price $1.992020-07-08 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $1.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-02-16 — best price $0.892021-04-27 — best price $0.592021-05-24 — best price $0.592021-06-22 — best price $1.992021-07-26 — best price $0.992021-09-16 — best price $0.492021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $0.652022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-03-28 — best price $0.692022-06-20 — best price $1.992022-12-28 — best price $0.372023-03-15 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $0.372023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-02-22 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-10-28 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $0.492026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-04-02 — best price $0.492026-06-08 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $0.492026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieRetroActionShooterRogue-liteBullet HellDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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