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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.

Dustforce DX is an Action, Indie game released in 2012, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $9.99, with Very Positive (88% of 2393 reviews).

8
playing now
88%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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
  • · 8 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 10% of 27,808 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%

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 61 of 79 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

1722026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
784Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 23Dec 2012 — avg 70 · peak 174May 2013 — avg 16 · peak 37Oct 2013 — avg 14 · peak 31Mar 2014 — avg 11 · peak 32Aug 2014 — avg 22 · peak 41Jan 2015 — avg 39 · peak 94Jun 2015 — avg 62 · peak 193Nov 2015 — avg 22 · peak 40Apr 2016 — avg 33 · peak 95Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 39Feb 2017 — avg 20 · peak 45Jul 2017 — avg 15 · peak 33Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 62May 2018 — avg 11 · peak 23Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 58Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 28Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 323Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $7.492026-09-06 — best price $7.492026-10-01 — best price $7.492026-10-15 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6292026-06-01 — 18 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 26 pageviews2026-06-21 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 62 pageviews2026-06-29 — 18 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 26 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 19 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 31 pageviews2026-08-16 — 34 pageviews2026-08-20 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-28 — 23 pageviews2026-09-01 — 33 pageviews2026-09-05 — 21 pageviews2026-09-09 — 27 pageviews2026-09-13 — 18 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 19 pageviews2026-09-25 — 21 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 33 pageviews2026-10-07 — 32 pageviews2026-10-11 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-02-17 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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