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Duskers

Misfits Attic · 2016-05-18

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 18, 2016 (Linux), May 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 18, 2016 (Mac)

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

12
playing now
90%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Duskers is a strategy video game by independent developer Misfits Attic. It was released on May 18, 2016, for Linux, OS X, and Microsoft Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 68 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 70k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,791 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at EA Store (2018-10-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 27 of 50 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2262026-08-11 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-08-202026-08-302015-08-20 — best price $19.992016-08-16 — best price $19.992016-11-25 — best price $14.992017-02-27 — best price $11.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-10-27 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $11.992018-08-30 — best price $9.992018-12-17 — best price $19.992019-05-27 — best price $19.992019-08-19 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $9.992020-11-03 — best price $19.992021-05-25 — best price $19.992021-11-03 — best price $19.992022-01-07 — best price $9.992022-03-21 — best price $9.992022-08-01 — best price $9.992022-10-03 — best price $9.992022-11-23 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-11 — best price $9.992023-10-12 — best price $9.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $19.992024-06-06 — best price $9.992024-08-13 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $9.992025-01-16 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

22262026-05-29 — 15 pageviews2026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 102 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 27 pageviews2026-06-16 — 27 pageviews2026-06-19 — 22 pageviews2026-06-22 — 26 pageviews2026-06-25 — 22 pageviews2026-06-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-01 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 23 pageviews2026-07-13 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 222 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
7.4%
earned "Pacifist"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4822%16

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

Player tags

2DSpaceHorrorPuzzleTypingHackingStrategySurvivalDifficultRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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