Dust: An Elysian Tail

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Steam Deck Verified

Humble Hearts LLC · Action · May 24, 2013

Yes, worth buying.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
19k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 177 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 19k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It's worth going back and searching for all the easter egg characters though.
177 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game is clearly dated just from the gameplay/combat but the story line is top notch and is undoubtedly the main reason why the game was so popular and remembered to this day.
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The story is also very well-written with a good variety of characters and excellent voice acting.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Recently did another run through on full graphics (Win 10, Core i7-7700k, 1650 SUPER, 16GB RAM), and the game was still as great as I remembered it.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Lifestyle Fit: Controller-Friendly Comfort Food
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I decided to play it on my steamdeck, I found out it supports 16:10.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters177 reviews
Gameplay82 reviews
Audio79 reviews
Graphics67 reviews
Controls14 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat100 reviews
88%
Difficulty59 reviews
92%
Interface13 reviews
85%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
30
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.