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The Dope Game

Tenth&Hess Games · CoaguCo Industries · 2016-05-30

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 30, 2016 (Linux), May 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 30, 2016 (Mac)

To escape the city of Starkham and start your new life, your friend Preston sets up a meeting with the local loanshark, Sweaty Mike. After foolishly borrowing $2,000, you embark on a timed mission to sell as many illicit substances as possible. Based on John E. Dell's 1984 classic game Drugwars.

The Dope Game is a 2016 Adventure, Casual, Simulation game priced at $4.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 216 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 216 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
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.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.4k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 216 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920162026Week of 2016-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 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 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.892016-05-312026-07-092016-05-31 — best price $1.692016-06-20 — best price $1.992016-08-16 — best price $1.592016-09-09 — best price $1.592016-09-27 — best price $1.492016-11-01 — best price $1.992016-11-25 — best price $1.392016-12-22 — best price $1.292017-01-26 — best price $1.992017-05-31 — best price $1.192017-07-05 — best price $1.992017-09-26 — best price $1.992017-11-03 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-05-31 — best price $0.992018-08-06 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $2.492023-01-11 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $2.242024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-11-27 — best price $2.242025-03-13 — best price $2.242025-09-29 — best price $2.242026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
31.3%
earned "In And Out"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-06-21, latest 2022-06-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3120%30

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

Player tags

2DRTSCrimeCasualCartoonyLife SimStrategyBoard GameComic BookManagement

Census log

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

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