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Dustborn
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I have thought about dropping my self-inflicted aspiration to only rate games I have actually finished more than once while playing this. + Comic style + Dialoges feel natural, it's really nice that some answers go away…”
“One of the worst games I've played yet somehow kinda fun-ish. Somewhat disappointed that one of my favourite game companies thought this was a game worth helping to publish. Quite a lot of negatives but enough positives…”
“You're either going to love this game or you're not. I personally really enjoyed it, felt like a strange combination of Borderlands and Life is Strange. I don't think I would recommend it to everyone but I would…”
26 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I have thought about dropping my self-inflicted aspiration to only rate games I have actually finished more than once while playing this. + Comic style + Dialoges feel natural, it's really nice that some answers go away…”
“I played the game for Play or Pay 1st Cycle of 2026 and it was picked for me by Aquatorrent. This game was gifted to me by Samwise from PoP Secret Santa. Dustborn is a pretty mixed experience for me. On the positive…”
16 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I have thought about dropping my self-inflicted aspiration to only rate games I have actually finished more than once while playing this. + Comic style + Dialoges feel natural, it's really nice that some answers go away…”
“First of all a part of this game worth talking about is that it ended up in the middle of a bunch of culture war nonsense, meaning most discourse around it is irrelevant to actually discussing the game's potential and…”
“I played the game for Play or Pay 1st Cycle of 2026 and it was picked for me by Aquatorrent. This game was gifted to me by Samwise from PoP Secret Santa. Dustborn is a pretty mixed experience for me. On the positive…”
7 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I looooovvved this!!! The writing and music were really good. Some of it made me cry :( I was sad to finish it. I need a sequel!”
6 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“One of the worst games I've played yet somehow kinda fun-ish. Somewhat disappointed that one of my favourite game companies thought this was a game worth helping to publish. Quite a lot of negatives but enough positives…”
“6/10 Xmen + Ghost busters for some reason??? got more play time on steam deck - music could be better - wish i wasnt playing as such an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the story, with no other choice often - even on all lowest settings…”
“This game is cool as ♥♥♥♥, I haven't finished it yet, but it's criminal that there's only 463 reviews. Worth buying just for the first 9 hours that I've played, and I've only done the first 3 levels. So much depth and…”
27 of the 74 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“This is actually the worst game ever created, the characters are all insufferable, the story is making me want to rip out my eyes and chew on them and the fighting is horrendous. Do not make the same mistake as me and…”
“I have thought about dropping my self-inflicted aspiration to only rate games I have actually finished more than once while playing this. + Comic style + Dialoges feel natural, it's really nice that some answers go away…”
16 of the 74 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This is actually the worst game ever created, the characters are all insufferable, the story is making me want to rip out my eyes and chew on them and the fighting is horrendous. Do not make the same mistake as me and…”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“6/10 Xmen + Ghost busters for some reason??? got more play time on steam deck - music could be better - wish i wasnt playing as such an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the story, with no other choice often - even on all lowest settings…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“You're either going to love this game or you're not. I personally really enjoyed it, felt like a strange combination of Borderlands and Life is Strange. I don't think I would recommend it to everyone but I would…”
“This game is cool as ♥♥♥♥, I haven't finished it yet, but it's criminal that there's only 463 reviews. Worth buying just for the first 9 hours that I've played, and I've only done the first 3 levels. So much depth and…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 74 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 65.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“Dustborn is surprisingly good! Game does not deserve the hate it is getting. This is a well made game with beautiful graphics/art, appropriate comic style weaved into choices, excellent voice acting, plot is paced well, interactive basically 360 camera control is nice, and story…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“I found the game fun but flawed... It builds upon the adventure game formula set by the Dreamfall Chapters, but with added combat and the odd mini-game. The new conversation system is pretty engaging overall, though I could do without the frustrating musical rhythm mini-game...…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“This game could have been good…but it’s all such a mess…the dialogue, the writing, the game play mechanics, the overall narrative. It’s basically one mistake after another. It’s infuriating. The game shows so much promise, I love the cell shaded graphical style, loved the…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 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 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). 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.
Dustborn is now available on macOS
The long-awaited macOS version includes everything added to the game since launch, including numerous quality-of-life improvements, optimisations and bug fixes, and new features from our major 1.14 up
Free content update v1.14
Since launch, we’ve had a ton of ideas for things we wanted to add to Dustborn. And since the release of v1.8 last autumn, we’ve been bringing those ideas to life, piece by piece — improving the game
Dustborn update v1.12: March 2025
Dustborn Marches ever onwards (sorry) (Yes: we know it's April, the patch notes are coming in very late! No: this isn't an April Fool's post.) Our latest content update is a relatively minor one, but
GLAAD Media Awards Nomination for Outstanding Video Game
"Dustborn is perhaps 2024’s most misunderstood game. Upon its release in August, an unfortunate barrage of online criticisms quickly usurped any opportunity for meaningful discourse about it. But havi
Brand NEW Dustborn demo!
We've released a new demo! But wait…WHY a new demo when the game's been out for FIVE (!) months? We removed the old demo before Christmas. It was very outdated; developed for Steam's Next Fest in June
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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Comic Book · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · LGBTQ+ · Colorful · Lore-Rich · Adventure · Emotional · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Official site | https://www.wearethedustborn.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 5th generation or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 2GB or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space