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Dinkum cover art

Dinkum

James Bendon · KRAFTON, Inc. · 2025-04-22

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

873
playing now
92%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
38
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

873 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Dinkum is a 2025 survival life simulation game designed by Queensland-based indie developer James Bendon and published by Krafton for Windows and Nintendo Switch. In the game the player collects resources to build a town on a remote island inspired by the Australian outback. The game was the first commercial title of Bendon, who developed the game over an eight year process, drawing inspiration from Australian landscapes.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 873 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,411 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~176/week).
  • · Review velocity down 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,033 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 582k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,076 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.79 at GreenManGaming (2023-03-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20222026Week of 2022-07-01: 3,851 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,081 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,184 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k5602026-08-06 21:00 — 602 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 699 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,268 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 650 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 923 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,478 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 781 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,109 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,557 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 808 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 713 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,295 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 622 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 725 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,356 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 636 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 648 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,329 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 861 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 601 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 945 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 724 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 758 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,155 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 806 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 663 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 799 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,045 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 873 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$12.792022-07-142026-08-252022-07-14 — best price $17.992022-10-14 — best price $19.992022-11-16 — best price $14.072022-12-01 — best price $19.992023-01-06 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $19.992023-04-15 — best price $19.992023-06-01 — best price $15.992023-06-24 — best price $19.992023-08-22 — best price $12.792023-10-07 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-12-15 — best price $12.792024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-05-10 — best price $15.992024-06-06 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $13.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-04-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $15.992026-08-25 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

112132026-05-30 — 50 pageviews2026-06-02 — 42 pageviews2026-06-05 — 50 pageviews2026-06-08 — 62 pageviews2026-06-11 — 46 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 37 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-23 — 42 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 37 pageviews2026-07-02 — 76 pageviews2026-07-05 — 44 pageviews2026-07-08 — 63 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 21 pageviews2026-07-17 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 38 pageviews2026-08-10 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 30 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-22 — 32 pageviews2026-08-25 — 45 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11202026-08-28 04:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 38 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
28.3%
earned "New Home"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Indonesian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8142%25
Switch (Nintendo)820%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

RPGCo-opIndieCasualFarmingSandboxBuildingCraftingLife SimRelaxing

Census log

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

Recent updates

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