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Temple of Rust

James Mearman · dev-zoo · 2023-12-12

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Temple of Rust is a top-down action roguelike. Fight through the wastelands using your sling and various types of ammunition along with special boots for powerful jump attacks. Create unique attack combinations with special upgrades and blast your way to the multiple cores of corruption.

83%
positive of 112 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 19,734 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 112 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120182026Week of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002018-09-182026-03-262018-09-18 — best price $12.992018-11-08 — best price $0.002023-12-12 — best price $11.992023-12-19 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $11.992024-03-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $11.242024-03-18 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-04-08 — best price $5.992024-04-15 — best price $7.992024-05-20 — best price $6.392024-05-27 — best price $7.992024-06-26 — best price $5.592024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-07-29 — best price $5.992024-08-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-03-26 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
1.3%
earned "INSTABLE SEQUENCE COMPLETE EASY"
1.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

Player tags

Gore1980sSurvivalTop-Down2D FighterRogue-liteBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpPerma DeathArena Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.