Dust Fleet

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 233 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Orbiting Disco · Strategy · Aug 23, 2023

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
41
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio1 of 4
Subtitles4 of 4

Should I buy Dust Fleet?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 233 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 170 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
40 of 170 sampled reviews raised it
It's got ship customization and several ship types, extra content and skirmish modes, a rather decent AI from I've seen in the campaign.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
38 of 170 sampled reviews raised it
It positions itself between the slow-burn planning of 4X strategy and the immediacy of real-time tactical combat, asking players not only to think like a commander overseeing an expanding interstellar presence, but also to act decisively in the chaos of battle.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
37 of 170 sampled reviews raised it
It has a nice campaign with many varied mission objectives, with a sizable length and full voice acting.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
6 of 170 sampled reviews raised it
I would like to see some improvements on weapons sound quality, they don't have the punch I would expect but I do enjoy the voice acting and music is surprisingly good too!
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
5 of 170 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics – The graphics are functional with a good zoom feature that lets you focus on the action, like targeting individual turrets.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay40 reviews
Combat38 reviews
Story37 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
50% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Bugs
43% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $6.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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