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Dustborn

Story-driven road trip adventure with word-powered combat and branching conversations

Red Thread Games · Published by Spotlight by Quantic Dream · Released Aug 20, 2024

ActionAdventureIndie

Reviews
Mixed
66% of 778
Recent reviews
Mixed
66% of 15 in 30 days
Players
3
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Jul 7, 2025
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 1060
8 GB RAM · 25 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 68/100 (critic reviews)

What is Dustborn?

Dustborn is a single-player action-adventure set in an alternate-history America, where Pax carries a stolen package across the continent. You travel by bus, explore stops along the route, talk to people, make choices that affect your crew, and use word-based powers and a baseball bat against pursuers.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy getting to know a crew through dialogue
  • +you like comic-book art and alternate-history settings

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast-paced action with responsive combat
  • −you have little patience for long conversations and slow buildup

What players say

66% of 778 reviews are positive · 66% of 15 in the last 30 days

Players praise the comic-book art, worldbuilding, and crew relationships. Many find the combat clunky and the pacing slow, while opinions on the writing and characters differ sharply.

How many players finish Dustborn?

19% of Steam players have unlocked «Coda», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Dustborn system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1060, 8 GB RAM, 25 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core i5 5th generation or equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 2GB or equivalent
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
25 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Dustborn have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Dustborn run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
26
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Polish.

Does Dustborn use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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