Great Quake/Doom-style retro feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Probably the best boomer shooter for introducing new people to the genre.”
Steam review · 39.1 h played ↗
DUSK
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 97%David Szymanski2018FPS · Shooter · Horror
The verdict
DUSK is a fast, atmospheric Quake-style boomer shooter with excellent level design, music and movement. Skip it if you dislike maze-like key hunting or retro-simple combat.
Great for
Fans of Quake, Doom and boomer shooters who want fast movement, secrets and a creepy atmosphere
Main risk
Maze-like levels with key hunting and simple, repetitive combat may bore you or leave you lost
What players love
Tense, creepy atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“it's actually pretty scary a lot of the time”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Creative, excellent level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Dusk is a game that sucker punches you with new ideas that you didn't see coming every single level.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Fast, smooth movement and gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The movement feels so damn good, you can bunnyhop around this whole game at the speed of a ballistic missile.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Andrew Hulshult cooked really hard on the OST.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Satisfying weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“all the guns are super tactile and interesting”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, bland enemies and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“boring and very repetitive gameplay. All enemies feel the same”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Overrated, generic Quake/Doom homage
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Overrated. Just play Quake. This is a low effort game that does nothing special.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Confusing mazes and key hunting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“really fun gameplay but half of the game is just figuring out where to go and its really annoying”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Bland, weak weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“the weapons feel weak, sound like peashooters”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Frustrating bosses and difficulty spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“the guardian is impossible to beat. Tried over 50 times”
Steam review · 15.9 h played ↗
Manual saves, no autosave or checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“there are no checkpoints. If you get really far, and die”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 Or Later
Processor2.4GHZ Dual Core Processor Or Higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9800GT Or Equivalent
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processor2.4 GHZ Quad Core Processor Or Higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GTX 460 Or Equivalent
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 Or Later
Processor2.4GHZ Dual Core Processor Or Higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9800GT Or Equivalent
Storage2 GB available space
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