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Dust to the End

Haojoy Game · 2P Games · 2021-08-11

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.

Dust to the End is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $2.39, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1266 reviews).

10
playing now
79%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (855 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.39
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Decades ago, a world-scale nuclear conflict destroyed human civilization as we knew it. The scant survivors hid in underground shelters and spent near a century in hiding. When the radiation dissipated enough for the ground to be safe, many groups of survivors resurfaced again and began re-colonizing the world, reconstructing civilization. You grew up in Shelter 507, living a safe life until a day, not long ago, when your leaders and elders decided to open up the doors finally. That hope was cut short with rusty blades through your family's necks. Later on, you discovered the killers were mem(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (202 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,266 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.09-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.33 at Fanatical (2026-01-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.30 · on sale 57 of 122 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15015020202026Week of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-09-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1707Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 18 · peak 70Dec 2020 — avg 25 · peak 58Feb 2021 — avg 20 · peak 43Apr 2021 — avg 37 · peak 96Jun 2021 — avg 27 · peak 85Aug 2021 — avg 170 · peak 752Oct 2021 — avg 43 · peak 130Dec 2021 — avg 21 · peak 46Feb 2022 — avg 22 · peak 43Apr 2022 — avg 19 · peak 53Jun 2022 — avg 14 · peak 48Aug 2022 — avg 63 · peak 160Oct 2022 — avg 17 · peak 69Dec 2022 — avg 22 · peak 50Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 35Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 52Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 33Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 42Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 86Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 57Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 59Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Feb 2026 — avg 31 · peak 82Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.30$2.332020-09-302026-10-152020-09-30 — best price $7.552021-03-24 — best price $6.652021-11-01 — best price $11.992022-04-11 — best price $8.392022-07-11 — best price $7.192022-09-26 — best price $7.192022-11-22 — best price $7.192023-01-20 — best price $5.282023-03-24 — best price $11.992023-06-09 — best price $5.752023-08-07 — best price $5.992023-11-20 — best price $4.792024-01-05 — best price $11.992024-03-28 — best price $11.992024-06-13 — best price $11.992024-08-13 — best price $11.992024-10-29 — best price $8.612024-12-11 — best price $3.292025-01-20 — best price $3.532025-03-06 — best price $8.612025-04-14 — best price $4.192025-05-24 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $2.882025-08-01 — best price $8.612025-08-27 — best price $11.992025-10-09 — best price $11.992025-11-18 — best price $3.592026-01-06 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $11.992026-04-03 — best price $3.092026-05-07 — best price $11.992026-06-20 — best price $3.002026-08-12 — best price $3.092026-09-02 — best price $12.302026-09-12 — best price $12.302026-09-22 — best price $3.092026-10-02 — best price $12.302026-10-12 — best price $3.092026-10-15 — best price $3.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
54.8%
earned "Foothold"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-09-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3884%47

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

Player tags

RPGIndieTradingStrategyAdventureHand-drawnOpen WorldSimulationCity BuilderStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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