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Dustforce DX cover art

Dustforce DX

Hitbox Team · 2012-01-17

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 23, 2014 (Linux), Oct 23, 2014 (Mac), Oct 23, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

12
playing now
88%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Dustforce is a platform video game developed by Hitbox Team. The game was released in 2012 for Microsoft Windows via Steam in January, and Mac OS X through Steam in May. A Linux port was released as part of the Humble Indie Bundle 6. Capcom published the game for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox 360.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 96k–191k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,393 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-25%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2014-12-10) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 21 of 38 observed days · $6.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-08-06 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-04-03 — best price $5.432015-06-10 — best price $9.992015-08-21 — best price $9.992015-12-03 — best price $1.062016-04-23 — best price $2.532016-08-05 — best price $8.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-05-08 — best price $9.992017-11-04 — best price $1.992018-04-02 — best price $1.492018-07-26 — best price $2.002019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-10-10 — best price $1.852020-01-24 — best price $2.492020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-08-10 — best price $8.892020-10-01 — best price $8.892020-11-10 — best price $9.992020-12-18 — best price $7.342021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-03-14 — best price $9.992021-04-27 — best price $8.382021-06-04 — best price $9.992021-10-29 — best price $7.342022-01-25 — best price $2.492022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-07-17 — best price $1.492024-05-21 — best price $7.492025-08-09 — best price $9.992026-05-05 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6292026-06-01 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 62 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 19 pageviews2026-07-22 — 31 pageviews2026-07-25 — 46 pageviews2026-07-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-06 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 34 pageviews2026-08-12 — 31 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-27 — 24 pageviews2026-08-29 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
0.5%
earned "Double S+"
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieActionStylizedDifficultFast-PacedPlatformerLocal Co-OpTime AttackLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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