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Dread Delusion

Lovely Hellplace · DreadXP · 2024-05-14

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 17, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Mar 17, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Mar 17, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Mar 17, 2026 (Xbox One), Mar 17, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

Dread Delusion is a $19.99 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2024, estimated to have 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment from 90% of 5,264 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

49
playing now
90%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (476 downloads)
4.64★
PlayStation Store rating (247 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Dread Delusion is a 2024 video game developed by independent studio Lovely Hellplace and published by DreadXP. Described as an "open world role-playing game brimming with strange places and dark perils," Dread Delusion encourages player exploration and discovery over the use of combat and grinding. Upon release, Dread Delusion received average reviews, with praise directed by critics to the game's setting, narrative and worldbuilding, and mixed views over the execution and depth of the game's combat mechanics.

Trailer

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Dread Delusion 1.0 Release Date Trailer

≈185,210 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 628 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~79/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 105k–237k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,264 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-03-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
71771720222026Week of 2022-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

116102026-09-15 13:00 — 36 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 58 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 34 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 46 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 80 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 39 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 46 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 25 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 38 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 51 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 36 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 65 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 63 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 61 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 47 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 76 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 116 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 46 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2673Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 34 · peak 104Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 28Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 57Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 32Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 86Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2024 — avg 107 · peak 378Aug 2024 — avg 81 · peak 216Oct 2024 — avg 47 · peak 114Dec 2024 — avg 60 · peak 145Feb 2025 — avg 79 · peak 281Apr 2025 — avg 37 · peak 92Jun 2025 — avg 28 · peak 78Aug 2025 — avg 57 · peak 239Oct 2025 — avg 38 · peak 87Dec 2025 — avg 40 · peak 116Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 60Apr 2026 — avg 33 · peak 73Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 87Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-06-152026-08-132022-06-15 — best price $19.992022-09-22 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-02-13 — best price $12.992025-03-13 — best price $12.992025-05-01 — best price $12.992025-06-26 — best price $12.992025-08-09 — best price $10.992025-09-29 — best price $10.792025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

193352026-05-30 — 41 pageviews2026-06-03 — 67 pageviews2026-06-07 — 56 pageviews2026-06-11 — 35 pageviews2026-06-15 — 46 pageviews2026-06-19 — 46 pageviews2026-06-23 — 56 pageviews2026-06-27 — 111 pageviews2026-07-01 — 62 pageviews2026-07-05 — 98 pageviews2026-07-09 — 69 pageviews2026-07-13 — 54 pageviews2026-07-17 — 43 pageviews2026-07-21 — 49 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-29 — 112 pageviews2026-08-02 — 58 pageviews2026-08-06 — 69 pageviews2026-08-10 — 78 pageviews2026-08-14 — 47 pageviews2026-08-18 — 93 pageviews2026-08-22 — 79 pageviews2026-08-26 — 64 pageviews2026-08-30 — 59 pageviews2026-09-03 — 76 pageviews2026-09-07 — 74 pageviews2026-09-11 — 79 pageviews2026-09-15 — 193 pageviews2026-09-19 — 71 pageviews2026-09-23 — 69 pageviews2026-09-27 — 105 pageviews2026-10-01 — 82 pageviews2026-10-05 — 70 pageviews2026-10-08 — 83 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
59.9%
earned "Retake the Blinding Light"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-04-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9743%59
PS5 (PlayStation)11411%60
Switch 2 (Nintendo)220%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)190%59
PS4 (PlayStation)1118%60

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

3DRPGMagic1990'sMedievalStylizedAdventureOpen WorldStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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