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Dofamine

Whale Rock Games · 2021-05-27

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AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 17, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 29, 2023 (Xbox One)

You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.

76%
positive of 252 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.38★
PlayStation Store rating (56 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

Scientific research is not unlike the work of a detective. Revealing hidden connections and subtle patterns has a lot in common with untangling the web of meanings, studying causes and predicting consequences. If one correctly combines blocks of data and determines their connectivity, one may eventually uncover the truth. But that truth and the explanation of everything that has happened may come as a shock to the one who finds it.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.0k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 252 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.77
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.38 at GOG (2025-06-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 106 of 109 observed days · $7.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120202026Week of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$0.382020-10-292026-10-152020-10-29 — best price $7.642021-05-27 — best price $6.292021-11-24 — best price $5.242022-04-15 — best price $14.992022-07-19 — best price $5.992022-11-14 — best price $1.192023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-03-13 — best price $1.202023-04-28 — best price $1.382023-05-19 — best price $14.992023-07-21 — best price $1.392023-09-12 — best price $14.992023-11-13 — best price $12.012024-01-16 — best price $1.192024-02-22 — best price $14.992024-04-19 — best price $0.902024-06-09 — best price $9.992024-07-27 — best price $11.992024-09-09 — best price $11.992024-10-28 — best price $1.192024-12-20 — best price $1.952025-02-18 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $0.742025-05-15 — best price $0.892025-06-27 — best price $1.952025-08-11 — best price $7.772025-10-07 — best price $0.382025-11-25 — best price $0.382026-01-08 — best price $0.932026-03-05 — best price $7.772026-04-19 — best price $7.772026-06-26 — best price $0.852026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $0.792026-09-30 — best price $0.792026-10-12 — best price $7.772026-10-15 — best price $7.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
58.5%
earned "Secret 1"
31.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)64086%10
PS4 (PlayStation)8685%12
Steam (Steam)7855%5
PS4 (PlayStation)6383%12

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

Player tags

3DIndieCasualPuzzleSci-fiPhysicsScienceAdventureCyberpunkSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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