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Dread Delusion

Dread Delusion

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

Released May 14, 2024 Developer Lovely Hellplace Publisher DreadXP Platforms Windows RPGOpen WorldAdventureExplorationDark Fantasy
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (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.

90.5%positive4,016 reviews
Recommended · 37 found this helpful

“I can't remember the last time a game blew my mind over and over and over again. It's slow, it's enrapturing, and it rewards tireless exploration. This game is a triumph”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 32 found this helpful

“Dread Delusion should be taken, first and foremost, as an exercise in world building. Its combat is shallow, its itemisation meaningless beyond basic stat increases, but it’s writing and setting are as accomplished as some of the greatest works of weird fantasy seen in recent…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 34 found this helpful

“Dread Delusion is, in my opinion, a classic case of a game's writing hitting above the weight of its gameplay. That's not to say the game plays poorly, but it's definitely somewhat simplistic. The combat is clunky, ranged-vs-melee is unbalanced, offensive spellcasting takes…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

26playing at last check
3924-hour peak
1,121all-time peak
0 250 500 2023 2024 2025 2026 267 avg · May 2024

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.

59achievements
12.8%median completion
1.9%rarest: Iron Will
59.7% of players 54.6% of players 37.2% of players 34.9% of players 33.2% of players 31.2% of players 30.2% of players 29.8% of players 29.8% of players 27.9% of players 26.9% of players 26.3% of players 26.2% of players 25.4% of players 22.6% of players 21.6% of players 21.4% of players 20.7% of players 20.3% of players 20.2% of players 16.8% of players 16.2% of players 14.8% of players 14.6% of players 14.5% of players 13.7% of players 13.4% of players 13.2% of players 12.9% of players 12.8% of players 12.6% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 12.3% of players 12.3% of players 12.0% of players 11.8% of players 11.2% of players 11.1% of players 11.0% of players 9.8% of players 9.2% of players 9.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 6.2% of players 5.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 3.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 59.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.7%Retake the Blinding Light — Reclaim the Blinding Light fortress in the name of the Inquisition.
54.6%Delve into Delusion — Embrace your first Delusion.
37.2%Make Your Mark — Mark your first map landmark.
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%Iron Will — Reach the endgame without requiring the services of a certain god.
2.2%Hardened Confessor — Complete the game in Hard Mode.
2.3%In The Name Of The High Confessor — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

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

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 01, 2026
Entropy Demo Out Now!

The demo for Entropy is OUT NOW! With Early Access coming on August 18th 2026. Experience the opening hours of Entropy . Beginning in the town of Draenog, where the theatre performance you are putting

Apr 15, 2026
Dread Delusion OST Release and Update 1.3.3

Thank You for your patience while we worked on this patch, bringing all the QOL fixes from the console release over to PC. There is a handful of fixes that will be listed below, and as always let us k

Mar 17, 2026
Dread Delusion Out On Consoles Now!

Dread Delusion is out on consoles now! Dread Delusion just launched on consoles, and good news for Steam players...some performance and bug fixes are on their way soon! Switch 2: https://dreadxp.games

Mar 12, 2026
Dread Delusion Console Release Date!

Dread Delusion is coming to consoles on March 17th 2026! During the Computer Worlds Showcase, we announced that Dread Delusion would be coming to consoles, including Switch 2, next week! Wishlist Drea

Nov 12, 2025
Steam Cloud Storage Limit Increase

Increased the steam cloud storage limit from 1000KiB to 15000 KiB

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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, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Open World · Adventure · Exploration · Dark Fantasy · First-Person · Story Rich · Magic · 3D · Character Customization · Medieval · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements59
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.dreadxp.com/dread-delusion/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space