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The Dweller

Villainous Games · Forever Entertainment S. A. · 2016-05-19

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 19, 2016 (Linux), May 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Dweller is a puzzle game where you play as the MONSTER! It's time to get rid of all those pesky archaeologists snooping around in your lair. SCARE them, CRUSH them, DEVOUR them! ELIMINATE THE INTRUDERS!

The Dweller is a Casual, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $0.84, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 666 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 669 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.84
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 144% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 669 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2019-10-03) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 37 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

22902026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 229 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.39$0.372016-05-192026-08-242016-05-19 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $0.492017-08-14 — best price $0.492018-01-22 — best price $0.492018-05-24 — best price $4.992018-09-28 — best price $4.462018-12-03 — best price $4.992019-03-04 — best price $4.992019-07-15 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-02-03 — best price $4.492020-03-23 — best price $0.372020-05-25 — best price $0.372020-08-17 — best price $0.492020-11-30 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-06-11 — best price $4.992021-10-15 — best price $0.502022-01-01 — best price $0.502022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-08-05 — best price $4.492022-10-31 — best price $4.992023-01-11 — best price $0.372023-04-13 — best price $0.502023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-08-28 — best price $3.042023-11-21 — best price $3.042024-01-11 — best price $4.992024-04-08 — best price $1.462024-05-30 — best price $1.242024-07-26 — best price $1.952024-10-17 — best price $1.462025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-04 — best price $0.722025-07-25 — best price $1.362025-10-30 — best price $4.992026-03-23 — best price $3.792026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $0.84
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
19.7%
earned "Death Bringer"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,10131%11

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzleStrategySimulationPixel GraphicsVillain Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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