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The American Dream

Samurai Punk · 2018-03-14

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 14, 2018 (Oculus Rift), Mar 14, 2018 (PlayStation VR), Jun 30, 2022 (Oculus Quest), Jun 30, 2022 (Meta Quest 2), Mar 14, 2018 (SteamVR)

Look down the barrel of a future where all your everyday needs are solved with guns.

The American Dream is a $2.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2018, estimated to have 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (68% of 130 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 130 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.69★
PlayStation Store rating (220 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 130 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-09-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 24 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182026Week of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Mar 2018Oct 2020Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 13Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Oct 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992018-03-162026-10-142018-03-16 — best price $16.992018-06-21 — best price $12.992018-09-20 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $12.992019-02-04 — best price $12.992019-06-25 — best price $5.192019-10-28 — best price $6.192019-12-19 — best price $6.192020-06-25 — best price $6.192020-11-26 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $6.192021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-10-06 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-03 — best price $14.992024-08-12 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-08 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $14.992026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
87.7%
earned "Begin The Cycle"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSubtitle Options1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRFunnyComedySatireAmericaParody ShooterViolentPoliticalDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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