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Donut Dodo cover art

Donut Dodo

pixel games SARL-S · 2022-06-03

SteamGOGAmazon

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 01, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 05, 2023 (Evercade), Jul 03, 2022 (Arcade)

If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?

96%
positive of 290 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (51 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 28,442 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 290 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-30%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2023-06-30) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 66 of 79 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120222026Week of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.492022-06-032026-10-162022-06-03 — best price $3.992022-09-19 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-03-06 — best price $4.992023-05-22 — best price $3.992023-07-31 — best price $4.992023-12-04 — best price $3.992024-02-19 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $5.992024-07-29 — best price $4.792024-10-08 — best price $5.992024-11-19 — best price $4.792024-12-12 — best price $4.792025-01-20 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $6.392025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-04-24 — best price $7.992025-05-20 — best price $5.992025-07-17 — best price $5.992025-08-21 — best price $7.992025-09-11 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-22 — best price $7.992025-11-17 — best price $5.992025-12-31 — best price $7.992026-01-23 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-22 — best price $5.992026-05-25 — best price $6.992026-07-21 — best price $6.992026-08-17 — best price $6.992026-09-13 — best price $6.992026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $6.992026-10-03 — best price $6.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $6.992026-10-16 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
77.5%
earned "Yummy"
17.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-05-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)63413%10
Switch (Nintendo)520%0

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

Player tags

2D1980sFunnyIndieRetroActionArcadeLinearCartoonyColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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