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Dreadlands

Blackfox Studios · Fatshark · 2020-03-10

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?

Dreadlands is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $1.49, with a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 225 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
59%
positive of 225 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.5k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 225 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-94%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 55 of 80 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920202026Week of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
101Mar 2020Mar 2023Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 35Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 19Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 30Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 22Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 31Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3

▼ −1 avg players (−41.8%) vs prior month — Mar 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.932020-03-102026-10-142020-03-10 — best price $17.992020-06-22 — best price $15.992020-11-09 — best price $19.992021-04-25 — best price $9.992021-08-20 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $12.492022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-04-05 — best price $10.492022-05-17 — best price $18.362022-07-24 — best price $24.992022-09-12 — best price $4.992022-11-04 — best price $24.992022-12-23 — best price $6.242023-02-21 — best price $18.362023-04-17 — best price $18.362023-05-15 — best price $24.992023-07-20 — best price $17.892023-09-05 — best price $24.992023-10-23 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $2.492024-01-18 — best price $2.492024-02-19 — best price $22.392024-04-23 — best price $24.992024-07-04 — best price $24.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-11-26 — best price $24.992025-01-20 — best price $18.362025-04-04 — best price $0.932025-06-27 — best price $1.242025-09-10 — best price $18.602025-11-21 — best price $1.992026-01-18 — best price $22.392026-04-09 — best price $1.242026-05-22 — best price $24.992026-07-26 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
3.2%
earned "Upgrade a hideout"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1323%9

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

Player tags

RPGStrategyStylizedSurvivalTacticalAdventureIsometricFuturisticTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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