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Dread Delusion

Lovely Hellplace · DreadXP · 2024-05-14

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

49
playing now
90%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

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 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 105k–235k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,233 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-03-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 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

65102026-08-07 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 34 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 38 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

112322026-05-30 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 78 pageviews2026-06-05 — 70 pageviews2026-06-08 — 58 pageviews2026-06-11 — 35 pageviews2026-06-14 — 43 pageviews2026-06-17 — 66 pageviews2026-06-20 — 59 pageviews2026-06-23 — 56 pageviews2026-06-26 — 78 pageviews2026-06-29 — 64 pageviews2026-07-02 — 62 pageviews2026-07-05 — 98 pageviews2026-07-08 — 79 pageviews2026-07-11 — 48 pageviews2026-07-14 — 46 pageviews2026-07-17 — 43 pageviews2026-07-20 — 44 pageviews2026-07-23 — 54 pageviews2026-07-26 — 53 pageviews2026-07-29 — 112 pageviews2026-08-01 — 61 pageviews2026-08-04 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 44 pageviews2026-08-10 — 78 pageviews2026-08-13 — 51 pageviews2026-08-16 — 42 pageviews2026-08-19 — 101 pageviews2026-08-22 — 79 pageviews2026-08-25 — 74 pageviews2026-08-26 — 64 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

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.

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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