Indie · May 18, 2016

Duskers (2016)

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In Duskers you pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard. You are a drone operator, surrounded by old gritty tech that acts as your only eyes and ears to the outside world. What you hear comes through a remote microphone. What you see is how each drone sees the world. Motion sensors tell you something's out there, but not what. And when you issue commands, you do it through a command line interface. You have to earn everything in Duskers, scavenging drone upgrades, drones, and even ship upgrades. But dangerous creatures lurk in these derelict ships, and weapons are rare, so you may need to think of a clever way to explore a military outpost using only a motion sensor and a lure. But even if you find a way, the sensor that you rely on may break down, or you may run out of lures, even your drone's camera feed can start to fail. A favorite strategy can't be exploited for long, so you'll have to continually adapt. Duskers is set in a procedurally generated Universe, and when you die you lose everything. You not only need to worry about what hazards lay waiting for you in the derelicts, but also running out of fuel, or parts to modify your drones and ship. You are alone, isolated in the dark reaches of space. Only by sifting through what ship logs remain un-corrupted can you piece together what happened. Features - Use a Command Line Interface to control drones & ship systems - Explore procedurally generated derelict ships and universe - Upgrade and modify drones with the salvage you find - Discover ship logs and piece together what happened About Us We previously made A Virus Named TOM and then were fortunate enough to get Indie Fund to help us fund Duskers. More about us HERE

Indie releases from 2016

29 Indie titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Exploration · 245
  • Typing · 239
  • Real Time Tactics · 237
  • Space · 233
  • Rogue-lite · 226
  • Programming · 222
  • Hacking · 219
  • Horror · 215
  • Puzzle · 215
  • Survival · 215
  • Rogue-like · 205
  • Difficult · 204
  • Strategy · 194
  • 2D · 182
  • Procedural Generation · 174

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.7k Steam reviewsTop 80% in Indie
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 50%
Metacritic83/100Genre average 77 — top 25% of Indie titles
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Indie

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 2.7k reviews

2.4k positive · 267 negative

Metacritic

83/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.4/10

Curator recommendations

2.2k

Press Quotes

“A better Alien game than any official Alien game... as much as Alien is essential to any lover of sci-fi movies, Duskers is just as essential to any lover of sci-fi games.” Rock Paper Shotgun “If this lonely, sweat-drenched science fiction romp is not left holding the same accolades as FTL come end of year discussions, there's something awfully wrong. Like my personal GOTY in 2014, Duskers does so much more with comparatively less than any other big budget science-fiction…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

16

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 18, 2016
DeveloperMisfits Attic
Base price$9.99 -50%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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