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Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!

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Release DateAug 17, 2011
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)66.3% (mixed) Bottom 30% / 66.5%  Bottom 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)64.8% / 64.9%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.6K  Top 10% / 2.7K  Top 10%
Curators59 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time7.9 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar32 minutes
Followers5.1K  Top 15%
Owners± 473.5K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 379.1K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3.3M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of From Dust steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows From Dust's Steam rating and reviews from August 2011 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 84.4% (December 2012) and 65.5% (June 2019).

The 2.7K reviews Top 10% suggest that From Dust is an AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for From Dust and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows From Dust's review languages. The most popular language is English (71%), followed by French (6%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 25 languages represented. The game is available in 5 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying From Dust percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in From Dust, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 19 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • unique approach to puzzles
  • creative
  • interesting god-game/strategy game
  • beautiful graphics
  • amazing atmosphere
  • gradual learning curve
  • good length
  • fun challenges
  • different
  • extra content
  • clumsy control scheme
  • stupid AI
  • frustrating to play
  • pathing issues
  • difficult to control
  • pathfinding issues
  • limited village building
  • awkward controller scheme
  • outdated graphics
  • Ubisoft's DRM implementation

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 66.3% rating  Bottom 30% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of From Dust's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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