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Dude Simulator 2

Kiddy · 2018-07-27

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dude Simulator 2 is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Dude Simulator 2 is a 2018 Action, Adventure, Indie and Racing title priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 2,024 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 to 500,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
57%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,016 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-09-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920182026Week of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492018-07-282026-08-012018-07-28 — best price $4.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-02-15 — best price $0.492019-07-10 — best price $0.492019-11-05 — best price $0.492019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-03-25 — best price $0.492020-08-16 — best price $0.492020-12-14 — best price $0.492021-02-12 — best price $0.492021-07-01 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-04-04 — best price $0.492022-07-21 — best price $0.492022-11-08 — best price $0.492023-02-18 — best price $0.492023-07-14 — best price $0.492023-10-11 — best price $0.692023-12-12 — best price $4.992024-02-03 — best price $4.992024-05-01 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-24 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-15 — best price $4.992025-04-04 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-22 — best price $4.992025-11-07 — best price $4.992026-02-05 — best price $4.992026-05-04 — best price $4.992026-08-01 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyIndieActionComedyRacingPhysicsSandboxShooterViolentLife Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.