Dust: An Elysian Tail on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a action, platformer and metroidvania game developed by Humble Hearts LLC and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on May 24th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and German.

It has received 18,578 reviews of which 17,705 were positive and 873 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Dust: An Elysian Tail into these genres:

Action Platformer Metroidvania Indie RPG Adventure 2D Singleplayer Fantasy Great Soundtrack Beat 'em up Hack and Slash Exploration Story Rich Controller Beautiful Side Scroller Anime Action RPG Atmospheric

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support
Direct X®: 10, Windows Media Player
Hard Disk Space: 1.5 GB HD space
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
Input: Keyboard

MacOS

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8, 32/64-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Hard Disk Space: 1.5 GB HD space
Input: Keyboard

Linux

OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit (S3TC NOT required)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Hard Disk Space: 1.5 GB HD space
Input: Keyboard

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

It is hard to put into words the impact this game has left. This game is the ultimate answer to the "are video games art?" question. Every single thing about this game is perfection in a game. The story is one of the most engaging and interesting I have ever come across. I genuinely loved every single second of it from start to finish. Certain moments will hit you like a shotgun slug to the chest and hit the feels button hard. Simply impeccable. The Gameplay. Simply put, its the greatest gameplay I have ever seen in my entire life. Everything works so well. It is fluid without fail, smooth as butter. In some games, the gameplay will sometimes lose you or cause you to make a mistake and die. Here, however, I have never once had it do something like that. It is an outstanding achievement in how to make a proper combat system. The voice acting here is world-class work from every single VA. The direction and performances on display to me are the gold standard when it comes to voice acting in any creative medium, not just video games. Many of these VA's have gone on to great success in the industry and for good reason. D-Mac and the crew shine like the sun here. The art direction. I already said this is the ultimate answer to the "are video games art?" question, but it bears repeating. The art and level design is top notch. Promoting exploration and having no areas where it feels tedious. Every screen, which looks like a masterpiece, gets you hyped up for either a fight or the amazing exploration that comes. It really adds to the immersion of the game. Which leads me to- The Music. One of the best video game soundtracks of All-time. Chris and Dan of HyperDuck hit every level of excellence possible in a soundtrack. Somber, spooky, awe-inspiring, hype, and happy. Every emotion is on full display here and they are placed perfectly throughout the game. Pure auditory bliss. (I'm a musician myself as well LOL) To sum it up, This is the Best Video Game Ever Made. I say this with no hyperbole whatsoever. This is what gaming should be. Gold standard doesn't begin to sum it up. This is the DIAMOND standard for gaming. Next to the names Miyamoto, Kojima, and Meier. Dean Dodrill's name will stand tall among them. Thank you, Dean for giving us this Holy Grail of gaming. TL;DR. Best Game of All-Time. Get it. You will love every second of it! (Been playing this game for a Decade to this point too lol)

Jan. 2025

Beautiful and fun. Art, sound design, voice acting, and controls are all top notch. It really doesn't just look and sound amazing, but the crisp controls make you feel like it's YOU fighting and moving. That makes the challenges fun instead of frustrating. I've seen reviews saying the boss fights are easy, and I think it's because of the quality of the controls, not the difficulty. This guy spent some quality time on them. At over 11 years old, this game's only sign of age is the lack of micro-transactions. 10 out of 10. Get it.

Dec. 2024

holy freaking crap dude! I used to watch my dad play this when I was very young, like 5 or 6 maybe, and this game made my imagination run fucking wild! I can see why, this game probably blew my tiny 5-year-old mind to bits! I played a bit a few months ago in casual mode, and I got some nostalgia then, and eventually got bored and stopped. I just beat the game, it was in normal mode, and I kinda sorta accidentally beat it all in one sitting. of course, I didn't get everything 100% complete, but I beat the game. my heart was POUNDING when I ran out of good healing items during the final boss. this game had a similar effect to me when I beat Undertale or Salt And Sanctuary, fucking love this game! I will hold this game in my heart, as few have done before it. with a combination of nostalgia and really cool gameplay and awesome story, I would ALWAYS recommend people play this game!

Dec. 2024

An amazing game that continues to hold up even in the year of 2024. The only bad thing I could ever say about this game was that we never got a sequel for it. I desperately want a sequel.

April 2024

Action RPG Sidescroller platformer that boasts fluid combat, gripping story and characters, nice music, good voice actors and a good gear system for upgrades and armor. It's initial starting point is a little slow and the combat stagnates a little but it's very short lived and you'll find the combat smooth itself out

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13.99€

9.3

17,705

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Developer

Humble Hearts LLC

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

Release 24 May 2013

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