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Dustborn

Red Thread Games · Spotlight by Quantic Dream · 2024-08-20

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 20, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 20, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 20, 2024 (Xbox One), Jul 08, 2025 (Mac)

Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.

66%
positive of 771 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
42/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)
Dustborn is an action-adventure video game developed by Red Thread Games and published by Quantic Dream on August 20, 2024.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 157 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 13,692 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 771 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.67-91%
Fanatical$2.69-91%
Gamesplanet$2.70-91%
GOG$2.99-90%
DreamGame$3.00-90%
GamersGate$3.00-90%
Microsoft Store$4.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-08-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 35 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
858520242026Week of 2024-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.492026-08-062026-09-102026-08-06 — best price $2.462026-08-07 — best price $2.462026-08-08 — best price $2.592026-08-09 — best price $2.592026-08-10 — best price $2.592026-08-11 — best price $1.492026-08-12 — best price $1.492026-08-13 — best price $1.492026-08-14 — best price $1.492026-08-15 — best price $1.492026-08-16 — best price $1.492026-08-17 — best price $1.492026-08-18 — best price $2.592026-08-19 — best price $2.592026-08-20 — best price $2.592026-08-21 — best price $2.702026-08-22 — best price $2.672026-08-23 — best price $2.672026-08-24 — best price $2.672026-08-25 — best price $2.672026-08-26 — best price $2.672026-08-27 — best price $2.672026-08-28 — best price $2.672026-08-29 — best price $2.672026-08-30 — best price $2.672026-08-31 — best price $2.672026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $2.992026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-08 — best price $2.992026-09-10 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k1452026-06-12 — 145 pageviews2026-06-15 — 200 pageviews2026-06-18 — 215 pageviews2026-06-21 — 148 pageviews2026-06-24 — 200 pageviews2026-06-27 — 427 pageviews2026-06-30 — 232 pageviews2026-07-03 — 198 pageviews2026-07-06 — 212 pageviews2026-07-09 — 203 pageviews2026-07-12 — 201 pageviews2026-07-15 — 205 pageviews2026-07-18 — 188 pageviews2026-07-21 — 173 pageviews2026-07-24 — 161 pageviews2026-07-27 — 305 pageviews2026-07-30 — 220 pageviews2026-08-02 — 207 pageviews2026-08-05 — 207 pageviews2026-08-08 — 162 pageviews2026-08-11 — 292 pageviews2026-08-14 — 336 pageviews2026-08-17 — 569 pageviews2026-08-20 — 322 pageviews2026-08-23 — 212 pageviews2026-08-26 — 224 pageviews2026-08-29 — 222 pageviews2026-09-01 — 174 pageviews2026-09-04 — 200 pageviews2026-09-07 — 212 pageviews2026-09-09 — 171 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
74.7%
earned "Gotaway"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-08-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3752%26
PS5 (PlayStation)3626%26
Xbox One (Xbox)2850%26
PS4 (PlayStation)3110%26

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

Player tags

IndieLGBTQ+ColorfulAdventureEmotionalLore-RichComic BookStory RichExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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