Dust Fleet
Space strategy with turn-based fleet planning and real-time battles
Orbiting Disco · Published by indie.io · Released Aug 23, 2023
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 233
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 7 months ago
- Feb 5, 2026
What is Dust Fleet?
Dust Fleet is a single-player space strategy game set in the 24th-century Dust Zone, where missing resource shipments threaten humanity. You secure sectors, manage resources and research, and upgrade ships on a turn-based map before commanding fleets in real-time, three-dimensional battles. Alongside the story campaign, Sector Assault generates randomized maps, side missions, and enemies.
For you if...
- +you like customizing ships and commanding fleets in battle
- +you want a randomized mode alongside a story campaign
Not for you if...
- −you want direct control of one ship rather than fleets
- −you dislike switching between turn-based planning and real-time combat
What players say
76% of 233 reviews are positive
Players praise the importance of ship positioning in tactical battles and the approachable strategic layer. Common complaints include a short campaign and limited ship variety; some players also report bugs or find the strategic map clunky.
Screenshots and trailer
Dust Fleet system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP2+
- Processor
- Intel i5
- Graphics
- 512MB, DirectX9
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7/8.1/10
- Processor
- Intel i5
- Graphics
- 2GB, DirectX11
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 41
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: German, Simplified Chinese, French.
Tags
- Strategy
- Sci-fi
- Space
- Real Time Tactics
- 4X
- Tactical
- Simulation
- Real-Time
- Space Sim
- Indie
- 3D
- Wargame
- Base Building
- Third Person
- Military
- RTS
Recent updates
- Feb 5, 2026 · Dust Fleet v6.4.10
- Jan 20, 2026 · Dust Fleet v6.4.9
- Jan 12, 2026 · Dust Fleet v6.4.8
- Oct 3, 2025 · Dust Fleet v6.4.6
- Aug 20, 2025 · Dust Fleet v6.4.5
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