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Save the Dodos

3DDUO · SOEDESCO Publishing · 2016-04-22

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 25, 2017 (iOS), Apr 22, 2016 (Linux), Apr 22, 2016 (Mac), Apr 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Save the Dodos! We’re all familiar with the sad tale of the charming, yet unintelligent Dodo. But now you can prevent their heart-breaking tale of extinction! Guide the dodos through 100 challenging levels and save our avian dullards from extinction.

Save the Dodos is a Casual Indie game released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 215 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 215 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 83% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,977 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.4k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492016-04-222026-07-282016-04-22 — best price $1.792016-05-20 — best price $2.992016-07-26 — best price $0.982016-10-17 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $0.592017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-04-24 — best price $0.592017-08-14 — best price $2.992017-11-16 — best price $0.502018-01-08 — best price $0.502018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-05-14 — best price $0.602018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $0.502019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-08-05 — best price $0.502020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $0.742021-02-15 — best price $2.992022-04-22 — best price $0.652022-08-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $0.652023-06-19 — best price $2.992023-09-11 — best price $0.592024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.072024-05-13 — best price $1.072024-07-22 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.072025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-04-12 — best price $1.072025-07-10 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.072026-06-14 — best price $2.992026-07-28 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
22.3%
earned "Fast"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Portuguese - Portugal, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Hungarian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7619%43

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieArcadeCasualPuzzleColorfulLemmingsDifficultSingleplayer

Census log

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

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