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Dyscourse cover art

Dyscourse

Owlchemy Labs · 2015-03-25

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 03, 2015 (Mac), Feb 03, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 03, 2015 (Linux)

Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.

Dyscourse is a 2015 Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation title priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive (77% of 442 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 442 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Dyscourse is a survival adventure video game developed and published by Owlchemy Labs. It was released on March 25, 2015 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game has he player take on the role of Rita, a barista stuck on a desert island after a plane crash. Along with five others, Rita has to lead the group to survive. The game was funded by a Kickstarter campaign, raising over $40,000 from 1,816 backers. Inspirations for the video game are The Oregon Trail, tabletop role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and television series Lost.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,808 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 442 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2017-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720142026Week of 2015-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
150Mar 2013Dec 2020Mar 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Sep 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Nov 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2015 — avg 8 · peak 58May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2015 — avg 5 · peak 36Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 14Jan 2016 — avg 12 · peak 38Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2016 — avg 6 · peak 32Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 29Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-03-262018-01-042015-03-26 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $9.742015-06-12 — best price $9.742015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-08-07 — best price $7.492015-08-09 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $11.242015-08-30 — best price $7.492015-09-01 — best price $11.242015-09-11 — best price $14.992015-11-25 — best price $7.492015-12-01 — best price $14.992015-12-09 — best price $5.242015-12-11 — best price $14.992016-01-15 — best price $7.492016-01-29 — best price $14.992016-02-05 — best price $7.492016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-04-07 — best price $6.742016-04-11 — best price $14.992016-04-28 — best price $5.002016-06-23 — best price $4.492016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-09-08 — best price $2.992016-09-22 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $3.742016-11-29 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $3.742017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $3.742017-01-26 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $4.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-01-04 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1702026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 2 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 1 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 2 pageviews2026-09-01 — 2 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 6 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
37.4%
earned "Rita Rescued"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-03-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,60810%31

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

Player tags

IndieCasualSurvivalAdventureSimulationSingleplayerChoices MatterMultiple EndingsFemale ProtagonistChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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