steamiqhq
★ Watchlist
Dust Fleet

Game overview

Dust Fleet

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Strategy Sci-fi Space Real Time Tactics 4X
Last tracked players
1
All-time peak
9
24-hour change
Unavailable
Steam reviews
70.8% positive
154 reviews · via SteamSpy

Delayed observation · last tracked . Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

About this game Read the full description

It's the 24th century and the colonization of space is not going well. Hyperspace opened the door to the stars, but habitable worlds are few and far in between, overpopulation is still rampant, and our civilization's appetite for resources has only increased. For over a hundred years, the incredibly rich Dust Zone sated this endless appetite, jointly controlled by the United Earth Nations and the Zone Mining Cooperative. But humanity’s fighting chance only lasted for a short hundred years.

Now, it has gone dark. Freighters stopped arriving with supply hauls and humanity is facing an unprecedented crisis. It's up to the commander of UEN's finest fleet, to deploy into the Dust Zone, investigate, and solve the supply chain crisis before it spirals out of control. It's time to demonstrate strategic aptitude in a turn-based management mode. Then, head to the front lines and channel your inner commander in intense, real-time space battles.

  • Command an entire space fleet and survive in the most hostile environment known to man. Secure strategic nodes, harvest the Dust Zone's resources, and expand the fleet to confront the threat to humanity's survival.

  • Customize each individual ship using a detailed designer. Upgrade every vessel with newly researched hulls, modules, and of course, weapons. Every upgrade matters, not just on the ships themselves.

  • Complete side missions to unlock additional fleet stations and strategic options. These can provide one-of-a-kind bonuses in battles, from extra build queues to support powers - potentially turning the tide of the battle at hand or even the entire war.

  • Take command of a custom fleet in intense 4x real-time tactical battles, maneuvering them in a fully 3D combat space.

  • Employ complex, tactical maneuvers to gain the upper hand and defeat superior foes through cunning and strategic brilliance.

  • Summon reinforcements and support powers from adjacent sectors to influence the direction of the battle.

  • Never give up and keep the fight going in the Sector Assault mode to generate a fully randomized starmap, side missions, and enemies, for fresh challenges each time.

  • Use the robust campaign editor and mod.io integration to create and easily share new campaigns with fellow players and craft personalized challenges!

Player activity

Concurrent players over the last 48 hours.

Loading player history?

Price history

Last 30 days ? prices in the selected region?s currency.

Loading price history?
Dust Fleet: 65% Off in the Steam Summer Sale! Dust Fleet v6.4.10 Dust Fleet v6.4.9
System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows XP SP2+
  • Processor: Intel i5
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB, DirectX9
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10
  • Processor: Intel i5
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2GB, DirectX11
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
indie.io
Brazilian rating
l
Steam Germany rating
0
Achievements
41
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, German, Simplified Chinese, French
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

Sources fresh
Native Steam builds
Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (4)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
GermanYesNoYes
Simplified ChineseYesNoYes
FrenchYesNoYes
Steam store page fresh · checked 2026-10-06 PCGamingWiki technical notes External link only; SteamIQHQ does not ingest PCGamingWiki content.
More analysis Activity patterns, updates & developer tools

Build a competitor report

Game Insights

Buy Verdict

Watch — $6.99.

Decent deal at 65% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.

▲ ~46 days until next sale

Value Score

Great Value — 84th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 84th percentile. Priced as Market at $6.99.

▲ Market pricing tier

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 56%
Value Ratio Top 16%

Activity Heatmap

UTC+0 (Your Timezone)
6
Peak Activity
2
Avg Activity
2
Active Hours
2%
Sample coverage
Less Active
More Active
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Sun
Sunday 0:00
No samples
Sunday 1:00
No samples
Sunday 2:00
No samples
Sunday 3:00
No samples
Sunday 4:00
No samples
Sunday 5:00
No samples
Sunday 6:00
No samples
Sunday 7:00
No samples
Sunday 8:00
No samples
Sunday 9:00
No samples
Sunday 10:00
No samples
Sunday 11:00
No samples
Sunday 12:00
No samples
Sunday 13:00
No samples
Sunday 14:00
No samples
Sunday 15:00
No samples
Sunday 16:00
No samples
Sunday 17:00
No samples
Sunday 18:00
No samples
Sunday 19:00
6 players · 1 samples
Sunday 20:00
No samples
Sunday 21:00
No samples
Sunday 22:00
No samples
Sunday 23:00
No samples
Mon
Monday 0:00
No samples
Monday 1:00
No samples
Monday 2:00
No samples
Monday 3:00
No samples
Monday 4:00
No samples
Monday 5:00
2 players · 1 samples
Monday 6:00
No samples
Monday 7:00
No samples
Monday 8:00
No samples
Monday 9:00
No samples
Monday 10:00
No samples
Monday 11:00
No samples
Monday 12:00
No samples
Monday 13:00
No samples
Monday 14:00
No samples
Monday 15:00
No samples
Monday 16:00
No samples
Monday 17:00
No samples
Monday 18:00
No samples
Monday 19:00
No samples
Monday 20:00
No samples
Monday 21:00
No samples
Monday 22:00
No samples
Monday 23:00
No samples
Tue
Tuesday 0:00
No samples
Tuesday 1:00
No samples
Tuesday 2:00
No samples
Tuesday 3:00
No samples
Tuesday 4:00
No samples
Tuesday 5:00
No samples
Tuesday 6:00
No samples
Tuesday 7:00
No samples
Tuesday 8:00
No samples
Tuesday 9:00
No samples
Tuesday 10:00
No samples
Tuesday 11:00
No samples
Tuesday 12:00
No samples
Tuesday 13:00
No samples
Tuesday 14:00
No samples
Tuesday 15:00
No samples
Tuesday 16:00
No samples
Tuesday 17:00
No samples
Tuesday 18:00
No samples
Tuesday 19:00
No samples
Tuesday 20:00
No samples
Tuesday 21:00
No samples
Tuesday 22:00
No samples
Tuesday 23:00
No samples
Wed
Wednesday 0:00
No samples
Wednesday 1:00
No samples
Wednesday 2:00
No samples
Wednesday 3:00
No samples
Wednesday 4:00
1 players · 1 samples
Wednesday 5:00
No samples
Wednesday 6:00
No samples
Wednesday 7:00
No samples
Wednesday 8:00
No samples
Wednesday 9:00
No samples
Wednesday 10:00
No samples
Wednesday 11:00
No samples
Wednesday 12:00
No samples
Wednesday 13:00
No samples
Wednesday 14:00
No samples
Wednesday 15:00
No samples
Wednesday 16:00
No samples
Wednesday 17:00
No samples
Wednesday 18:00
No samples
Wednesday 19:00
No samples
Wednesday 20:00
No samples
Wednesday 21:00
No samples
Wednesday 22:00
No samples
Wednesday 23:00
No samples
Thu
Thursday 0:00
No samples
Thursday 1:00
No samples
Thursday 2:00
No samples
Thursday 3:00
No samples
Thursday 4:00
No samples
Thursday 5:00
No samples
Thursday 6:00
No samples
Thursday 7:00
No samples
Thursday 8:00
No samples
Thursday 9:00
No samples
Thursday 10:00
No samples
Thursday 11:00
No samples
Thursday 12:00
No samples
Thursday 13:00
No samples
Thursday 14:00
No samples
Thursday 15:00
No samples
Thursday 16:00
No samples
Thursday 17:00
No samples
Thursday 18:00
No samples
Thursday 19:00
No samples
Thursday 20:00
No samples
Thursday 21:00
No samples
Thursday 22:00
No samples
Thursday 23:00
No samples
Fri 📍
Friday 0:00
No samples
Friday 1:00
No samples
Friday 2:00
No samples
Friday 3:00
No samples
Friday 4:00
No samples
Friday 5:00
No samples
Friday 6:00
No samples
Friday 7:00
No samples
Friday 8:00
No samples
Friday 9:00
No samples
Friday 10:00
No samples
Friday 11:00
No samples
Friday 12:00
No samples
Friday 13:00
No samples
Friday 14:00
No samples
Friday 15:00
No samples
Friday 16:00
No samples
Friday 17:00
No samples
Friday 18:00
No samples
Friday 19:00
No samples
Friday 20:00
No samples
Friday 21:00
No samples
Friday 22:00
No samples
Friday 23:00
No samples
Sat
Saturday 0:00
No samples
Saturday 1:00
No samples
Saturday 2:00
No samples
Saturday 3:00
No samples
Saturday 4:00
No samples
Saturday 5:00
1 players · 1 samples
Saturday 6:00
No samples
Saturday 7:00
No samples
Saturday 8:00
No samples
Saturday 9:00
No samples
Saturday 10:00
No samples
Saturday 11:00
No samples
Saturday 12:00
No samples
Saturday 13:00
No samples
Saturday 14:00
No samples
Saturday 15:00
No samples
Saturday 16:00
No samples
Saturday 17:00
No samples
Saturday 18:00
No samples
Saturday 19:00
No samples
Saturday 20:00
No samples
Saturday 21:00
No samples
Saturday 22:00
No samples
Saturday 23:00
No samples

Developer Analytics

Loading competitors...

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dust Fleet worth buying right now?
Watch — $6.99. Decent deal at 65% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
When does Dust Fleet go on sale?
Decent deal at 65% off, but might drop further. Watch for better opportunities.
Is Dust Fleet free to play?
Dust Fleet costs $6.99 on Steam.
What genre is Dust Fleet?
Dust Fleet is a Indie, Strategy game.
Who developed Dust Fleet?
Dust Fleet was developed by Orbiting Disco and published by indie.io.
What platforms does Dust Fleet support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

Related Games