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From Dust cover art

From Dust

Ubisoft Montpellier · Ubisoft · 2011-08-17

SteamEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 23, 2012 (Web browser), Sep 14, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Jul 27, 2011 (Xbox 360), Aug 17, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!

From Dust is an Adventure, Simulation game released in 2011, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 2985 reviews).

5
playing now
67%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (28 downloads)
8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 20h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

From Dust is a god video game, designed by Éric Chahi and developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011. Described as a spiritual successor to Populous, the game revolves around The Breath, which was summoned by a tribe to help them seek and recover their lost knowledge. In the game, players, controlling a cursor, can manipulate matter such as lava, soil, and water. Players can help the tribespeople to overcome challenges including finding different totems and overcoming natural disasters. In addition to the story mode, the game features a Challenge mode which offers a shorter, but harder experience.

Trailer

From Dust trailer thumbnail

From Dust - E3 Trailer [EUROPE]

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 119k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,985 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.54 at Nuuvem (2015-07-08) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 70 of 105 observed days · $13.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2602026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 26 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3574Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 357 · peak 1,480Dec 2012 — avg 40 · peak 102May 2013 — avg 80 · peak 804Oct 2013 — avg 21 · peak 53Mar 2014 — avg 23 · peak 63Aug 2014 — avg 19 · peak 43Jan 2015 — avg 16 · peak 44Jun 2015 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 34Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 38Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 30Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 32Dec 2017 — avg 12 · peak 42May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 38Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 25Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 9 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.01$2.082015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.512015-05-07 — best price $11.332015-11-12 — best price $3.752016-07-04 — best price $14.992017-03-07 — best price $14.992017-10-04 — best price $10.372018-05-22 — best price $3.932018-12-18 — best price $3.752019-05-08 — best price $3.742019-09-05 — best price $14.992019-12-20 — best price $3.442020-03-02 — best price $9.932020-05-18 — best price $3.192020-07-23 — best price $2.742020-09-30 — best price $14.992020-12-03 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-09-18 — best price $14.992021-12-11 — best price $14.992022-02-18 — best price $3.402022-05-17 — best price $13.372022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $2.152023-04-28 — best price $2.692023-07-24 — best price $3.202023-11-21 — best price $3.742024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-08-12 — best price $7.822025-01-09 — best price $14.992025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-10-21 — best price $3.742026-02-05 — best price $3.742026-05-25 — best price $2.082026-09-12 — best price $3.742026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

169432026-05-29 — 43 pageviews2026-06-02 — 47 pageviews2026-06-06 — 57 pageviews2026-06-10 — 84 pageviews2026-06-14 — 58 pageviews2026-06-18 — 80 pageviews2026-06-22 — 122 pageviews2026-06-26 — 96 pageviews2026-06-30 — 80 pageviews2026-07-04 — 62 pageviews2026-07-08 — 83 pageviews2026-07-12 — 90 pageviews2026-07-16 — 65 pageviews2026-07-20 — 74 pageviews2026-07-24 — 75 pageviews2026-07-28 — 66 pageviews2026-08-01 — 72 pageviews2026-08-05 — 66 pageviews2026-08-09 — 87 pageviews2026-08-13 — 66 pageviews2026-08-17 — 77 pageviews2026-08-21 — 48 pageviews2026-08-25 — 74 pageviews2026-08-29 — 74 pageviews2026-09-02 — 57 pageviews2026-09-06 — 115 pageviews2026-09-10 — 81 pageviews2026-09-14 — 56 pageviews2026-09-18 — 92 pageviews2026-09-22 — 72 pageviews2026-09-26 — 169 pageviews2026-09-30 — 68 pageviews2026-10-04 — 101 pageviews2026-10-07 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-player

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)16,6975%12
PS3 (PlayStation)11,0567%12

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

MagicPuzzlePhysicsSandboxBuildingGod GameStrategyAdventureBeautifulOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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