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Rising Dusk cover art

Rising Dusk

Studio Stobie · 2018-07-26

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 13, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 13, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jul 26, 2018 (Mac), Dec 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 14, 2023 (Xbox One)

An Anti-Coin Collection Platformer inspired by Japanese folktales. Befriend an assortment of ghosts and ghouls as you explore the world hidden in the dusk.

Rising Dusk is a $6.99 Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 89 reviews).

81%
positive of 90 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.93★
PlayStation Store rating (14 ratings)
7h
to beat · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Enter the world of Rising Dusk. A land permanently in the hours of twilight and inhabited by an assortment of ghouls. The only way out may be to avoid every coin. As the day shines the last of its golden light over the land, an eerie realm begins to form in the shadows. This spectral world is home to the Yokai; An assortment of ghosts, ghouls and demons that rise in the dusk and play through the night. When a young girl, Tamako, spots one of these yokai, she finds herself trapped in their world. If she can navigate this perilous land, the key to returning home may lie on the strange new moun(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 50,825 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 90 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.492018-07-262026-10-122018-07-26 — best price $6.992018-11-01 — best price $6.992018-12-20 — best price $5.242019-02-11 — best price $6.992019-04-30 — best price $5.242019-07-09 — best price $6.992019-10-28 — best price $5.242019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-01-23 — best price $5.242020-05-06 — best price $6.992020-10-29 — best price $5.242020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $5.242021-05-06 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $5.242021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $4.892022-11-29 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $5.242023-07-13 — best price $6.992024-03-15 — best price $5.242024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-09-07 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-12 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

CuteIndiePlatformerPixel GraphicsPuzzle-PlatformerFemale Protagonist

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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