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Duskers
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 75 reviews raise this.
14 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“very good, scary, DON'T PANIC!”
“This is one of the oddest, unique and unforgiving games you will find. I came across it by accident and was intrigued by the retro look. I'm not sure the programmers would recall but it many ways it plays like an old…”
“very atmospheric survival game!”
7 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“no spoilers, but this is one of the best horror games out there. there arent even any jumpscares! you just pilot some drones in abandoned ships and try to piece together the grim story of what happened”
“every door is your only hope to continue maybe something that makes you last another encounter your wits are all you have what ever firepower is almost never direct and has consequences if used wrong this game is brutal…”
6 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“this game is really really fun even with a hour of gameplay it has cool mechanics and a good loop if you want something that feels like your actually there play this it feels like your actually controlling the robots.”
“Interesting mechanics, with lots of replayability. Good infusion of CLI with 3rd-person direct control”
“Damn I never realized I didn't write a review for this. Duskers is truly a unique horror game the likes of which I've never seen before nor replicated. Some would say it's just a typing game but the fact that there's…”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Interesting mechanics, with lots of replayability. Good infusion of CLI with 3rd-person direct control”
14 of the 75 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Fantastic idea and interesting mechanics indelibly marred by the roguelike formula. The common wisdom of the game is never to open a door you don't KNOW is safe but when it's the very start of the game and you didn't…”
“This game is very immersive and has an interesting gameplay. However the game is very very lethal at times, like playing golf in a minefield. Happilly, the roguelike element is actually a roguelite, quest progress is…”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Deeply interesting and deeply boring game where you control a handful of drones in hostile wrecked space-ships through a unix-esque command-line system. It has many interesting ideas and sometimes is even fun but lacks…”
“Fantastic idea and interesting mechanics indelibly marred by the roguelike formula. The common wisdom of the game is never to open a door you don't KNOW is safe but when it's the very start of the game and you didn't…”
“This is one of the oddest, unique and unforgiving games you will find. I came across it by accident and was intrigued by the retro look. I'm not sure the programmers would recall but it many ways it plays like an old…”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Deeply interesting and deeply boring game where you control a handful of drones in hostile wrecked space-ships through a unix-esque command-line system. It has many interesting ideas and sometimes is even fun but lacks…”
3 of the 75 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Deeply interesting and deeply boring game where you control a handful of drones in hostile wrecked space-ships through a unix-esque command-line system. It has many interesting ideas and sometimes is even fun but lacks…”
“For a while I felt like I needed to give this game more of a chance before rating it but looking back nothing changed from the first moment to the last. If you don't like RNG to be the be all and end all of things you…”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I don't think I've ever played a game this stressful before, and not in that like rage-inducing way. This is byfar one of the most tricky, stressing, and straight up terrifying games out there. (Besides maybe Voices of the Void, of course) If you love resisting the urge to…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Don't hesitate even a second. It's a game you have to play if you like dark SciFi.”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played“This game would have been amazing, but the roguelike elements make it unplayable. If you die once, you might as well reset your entire user data because of how much you lose. "Reset" means "you restart with less than you originally started with on your first playthrough, on…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Duskers 2.0 update video #4!
Thank you so much for all the comments and suggestions on update video #3. Let's talk about your questions on vents and tiny drones, then talk more on making the derelicts feel more lived in and varyi
Our third Duskers 2.0 update video!
Thank you so much for all the comments and suggestions on update video #2. Let's talk about your questions on how drone views will work, then explore new derelict designs, finishing on new ideas aroun
Our second Duskers 2.0 update video!
Thank you so much for all the comments and suggestions on update video #1. You asked for a longer video, so now update #2 has 4x as much update ;) I go over your biggest concerns from update #1 and th
A simple thank you to the Duskers community
Thanks to you all: Duskers 2.0 now has over 20K wishlists on Steam. I've never made a sequel, but it's amazing to have 10K views and over 300 comments on our first update video - especially with launc
Our first Duskers 2.0 update video!
Let us know what you think of some very early visual development... More to come soon! Chat with us here, at our new steam forums, or on our Discord . Sign up for our mailing list for updates. If you
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Exploration · Typing · Real Time Tactics · Space · Rogue-lite · Programming · Hacking · Horror · Puzzle · Survival · Rogue-like · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | http://duskers.misfits-attic.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP+ Processor: SSE2 instruction set support. Graphics: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space