The Game Census
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Dustbowl

The Pompous Pixel · 2015-05-18

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 18, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.

77%
positive of 123 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 26,032 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 123 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120152024Week of 2015-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$1.792015-05-182026-03-262015-05-18 — best price $8.092015-06-08 — best price $8.092015-06-17 — best price $7.192015-12-01 — best price $8.992016-02-15 — best price $7.192016-07-04 — best price $8.992016-12-22 — best price $4.492017-01-26 — best price $8.992017-10-26 — best price $2.242017-11-28 — best price $8.992018-02-16 — best price $2.242018-07-05 — best price $8.992018-11-21 — best price $4.492019-01-03 — best price $8.992019-06-26 — best price $4.492019-12-03 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $1.792020-11-02 — best price $8.992020-11-13 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-11 — best price $2.242021-03-08 — best price $1.872021-04-05 — best price $8.992021-10-28 — best price $2.242021-12-01 — best price $8.992022-07-01 — best price $4.492023-01-05 — best price $8.992023-07-05 — best price $1.792023-09-25 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $1.792024-03-21 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-09-30 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
61.1%
earned "Conscription"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-06-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieRetroSurvivalAdventurePixel GraphicsPost-apocalyptic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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