Adventure · August 6, 2012

Deponia (2012)

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Daedalic Entertainment, once called “Lucasarts from Germany“ by the GameStar magazine, invites the players into a fantastic comedy adventure that revolves around a crazy love story of Rufus and Goal. In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence. He is part of the lowest social class, doomed to live his life in literal mountains of trash. He hopes for an opportunity to get into the world of the rich, who live in a floating city high above the clouds. Fate seems to smile on the snotty good-for-nothing when one day the attractive lady named Goal from the higher sector plummets into one of the trash heaps. Rufus decides to help the young woman out by taking her back to her husband. When he notices that Goal's husband is a dead ringer for himself, he hatches a diabolical scheme to gain access to the upper world. However, things don't work out quite as planned, since he has feelings for the beauty which limits his usual unscrupulousness. Help Rufus, the poor boy from the junkyard, to win over the girl from heaven. Only with this rich girl from his dreams he might be able to escape Deponia and, unexpectedly, to save the planet. Key Features Unique comic style with hand-drawn HD resolution 2D graphics Bizarre characters and wacky humor Challenging puzzles and hours of dialogue Unique universe in the tradition of Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Terry Pratchett (Discworld) and Matt Groening (The Simpsons, Futurama) From the creators of the award-winning games Edna & Harvey: The Breakout, Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes and The Whispered World

Adventure releases from 2012

23 Adventure titles launched in 2012 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume12.1k Steam reviewsTop 20% in Adventure
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 66%
Metacritic74/100Genre average 77 — top 72% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 51% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Adventure · 522
  • Point & Click · 509
  • Comedy · 385
  • Puzzle · 281
  • Singleplayer · 244
  • Funny · 187
  • Indie · 174
  • Story Rich · 164
  • 2D · 133
  • Dark Humor · 105
  • Great Soundtrack · 87
  • Hand-drawn · 84
  • Escape Room · 72
  • Steampunk · 63
  • Classic · 50

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • Russian
  • French
  • Polish
  • Italian volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up
  • Bulgarian
  • Greek
  • Turkish
  • Czech
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Full audio (5)

  • English
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 12.1k reviews

10.5k positive · 1.6k negative

Metacritic

74/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.1/10

Curator recommendations

9.6k

Press Quotes

'There's only one word to describe the game: terrific! Lucasarts from Germany!' 88/100 – GameStar 'A brilliantly absurd story, a fitting comic style and strong speakers.' 90/100 – GamingXP 'Deponia's tale of love, loss, and all-out comedy is a beautifully constructed piece of point-and-click heaven.“ 80/100 – Gamespot

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

13h

Current engagement

Achievements

19

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 6, 2012
DeveloperDaedalic Entertainment
Base price$0.99 -90%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Deponia