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Dystopia cover art

Dystopia

Puny Human · 2009-02-06

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 10, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dystopia is a cyberpunk game with tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. Playing as either Punk mercenaries, or Corporate security forces, the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace.

Dystopia is an Action, Indie and Free To Play game released in 2009, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1139 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Dystopia is a team-based, objective-driven, first-person shooter video game, developed as a total conversion modification on the Valve's proprietary Source engine. It is based on the cyberpunk literary and aesthetic genre; it is somewhat based on popular role-playing game Shadowrun, created by an amateur development team and released to the public for free. Its first playable build was released on September 9, 2005, after a year of planning and nine months of development. The first full version of Dystopia, Version 1, was released after 3 years of development on February 25, 2007.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2018-08-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 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

1902026-09-15 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
180Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 12 · peak 34Nov 2012 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2013 — avg 4 · peak 24Jul 2013 — avg 7 · peak 28Nov 2013 — avg 2 · peak 19Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 25Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 16Nov 2014 — avg 4 · peak 23Mar 2015 — avg 5 · peak 20Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 21Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2016 — avg 3 · peak 21Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 10Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 15Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 13Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 16Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 8 · peak 28Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 14Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 12Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 16Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 25Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 32Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 17Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 17Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 11Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 26Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 31May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 21Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
2.3%
earned "Headache"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenMods (require HL2)Steam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editor

31 supported languages: Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56418%42

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

Player tags

FPSModCo-opIndieActionSci-fiHackingShooterCyberpunkDystopian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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