Deponia

Hand-drawn point-and-click comedy about escaping a trash-covered world

Daedalic Entertainment · Released Aug 6, 2012

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 15K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 61 in 30 days
Playing now: 64; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 7 years ago; Aug 7, 2019

What is Deponia?

Deponia is a single-player, 2D point-and-click adventure set on a garbage-covered world beneath a floating city for the wealthy. You explore, talk to characters, and solve puzzles as Rufus tries to reach the city after a woman from above falls into the junkyard.

For you if...

+you enjoy slow adventures built around exploration and dialogue
+you like absurd comedy in hand-drawn worlds
+you want to work through challenging puzzles

Not for you if...

−you want fast-paced action instead of point-and-click puzzles
−you need a protagonist you can easily root for

What players say

86% of 14,673 reviews are positive · 81% of 61 in the last 30 days

Players praise the art, dialogue, and humor. Many find the puzzle solutions hard to work out, and several report bugs that block progress, particularly at the magnet board.

Screenshots and trailer

Deponia system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista/7
Processor: 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or 2 GHz (Dual Core)
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared Memory is not recommended)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB HDD space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 19
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain. Text only: Russian, French, Polish, Bulgarian, Greek, Turkish, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Arabic, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.