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Desktop Survivors 98

Desktop Survivors 98

Desktop Survivors 98 is a chaotic roguelite dungeon crawler that unfolds right on your Desktop. Your cursor becomes the hero as you explore new rooms, battle relentless waves of enemies, and collect powerful new weapons.

Released May 20, 2025 Developer Brandon Hesslau Platforms Windows ActionAction RoguelikeCasualBullet HellDungeon Crawler
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.2%positive582 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Addictive. Good for playing one-handed. While eating snacks. Get your mind out of the gutter.”

— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“♥♥♥♥ that guy that said just go play vampire survivors. same guy probably said "just go play overwatch" on marvel rivals and deadlock.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 22 found this helpful

“The fragmentation weapon has an evolution that causes A LOT of flashing lights, even with the "flashing lights" option in setting turned off. I had an epilepsy attack while playing :(”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

7playing at last check
924-hour peak
551all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 309 avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

78achievements
31.0%median completion
12.9%rarest: Golden Cursors
92.4% of players 85.7% of players 82.7% of players 79.5% of players 79.4% of players 77.3% of players 74.3% of players 72.1% of players 70.7% of players 70.5% of players 67.9% of players 66.7% of players 66.0% of players 63.5% of players 60.4% of players 56.6% of players 55.7% of players 54.2% of players 53.2% of players 50.1% of players 48.6% of players 47.1% of players 44.1% of players 44.1% of players 43.3% of players 42.9% of players 41.1% of players 40.1% of players 40.0% of players 37.2% of players 36.3% of players 36.1% of players 35.7% of players 33.1% of players 31.8% of players 31.7% of players 31.7% of players 31.6% of players 31.4% of players 31.0% of players 30.8% of players 30.7% of players 29.5% of players 29.0% of players 28.8% of players 27.9% of players 27.8% of players 26.9% of players 26.4% of players 25.5% of players 25.5% of players 25.5% of players 25.0% of players 24.8% of players 22.9% of players 22.9% of players 22.9% of players 22.7% of players 22.4% of players 22.4% of players 92.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.4%Achievements — Hidden achievement
85.7%My Computer — Hidden achievement
82.7%CD Launcher — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
12.9%Golden Cursors — Hidden achievement
13.7%Random — Hidden achievement
15.3%Paint Brush — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 28, 2025
Patch V1.0.7

Hey everyone! This patch is focused heavily on stability and crash fixes . Over the past day, I’ve been digging through tons of crash logs and soft lock reports -- huge thanks to everyone who sent the

May 26, 2025
Patch V1.0.6

Hey! So I decided to do a full revamp of the game's systems and prioritize optimization for this patch. The game should now have major FPS improvements across the board. If you run into any new issues

May 24, 2025
Patch V1.0.4

Hey everyone! This patch brings another big round of improvements as I continue refining things during launch week. It includes a bunch of important bug fixes, a brand-new overlay rendering system for

May 23, 2025
Patch V1.0.3

Hey guys! So this patch addresses some of the common crashes and soft-locks that have been reported, among a few other things that were suggested. I'll still be continuing to bug fix, with the next fo

May 21, 2025
Patch v1.0.1

Hey everyone! After a super exciting release day comes... lots of bug-fixing 😅 Huge thank you to all of you who’ve been playing, sharing kind words, and sending in bug reports - it means the world. I’

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie
Player tagsAction · Action Roguelike · Casual · Bullet Hell · Dungeon Crawler · 2D · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · 1990's · Retro · Indie · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Mouse Only Option · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements78
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://desktopsurvivors98.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10+ (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics (Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent) or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 600 MB available space