SPSTEAMPULSELIVE ANALYTICS
Dread Hunger

Dread Hunger overview

Dread Hunger Team | Jan 26, 2022 | game

Released

751players observed · 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC

ActionAdventureIndieMultiplayerSurvival

  • Latest observed players751 · 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak4,267
  • Units sold (VGI)2,200,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$50,800,000
  • Review score71% positive

Dread Hunger dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players751 · 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak4,267
  • Units sold (VGI)2,200,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$50,800,000
  • Review score71% positive
  • Total reviews2,598
  • Release dateJan 26, 2022
  • DeveloperDread Hunger Team
  • PublisherDigital Confectioners

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Dread Hunger TeamPublisher: Digital Confectioners

No longer available on Steam Store. This app is no longer available for purchase on the Steam Store. SteamPulse keeps live player counts, media, metadata, and historical price snapshots where available.

Top Steam chartsTop 100 gamesGame directoryNo current Steam Store offer

Game overview

Overview

Dread Hunger comes from Dread Hunger Team and is published by Digital Confectioners. It arrived on Steam on Jan 26, 2022, and it sits naturally among Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Dread Hunger's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 751 players at 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC, with a tracked peak near 4,267. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 71% positive across 2,598 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Dread Hunger is available in 13 languages including:

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainJapaneseKoreanPolishPortuguese - BrazilRussianSimplified ChineseTraditional ChineseTurkish languages with full audio support

2 regional rating boards including dejus and steam germany

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedQuad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz8 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce 760 GTX or AMD Radeon R9 28015 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedWindows 10Intel Core i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 26008 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce 1060-6GB or AMD RX 58015 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Dread Hunger has sold up to 2,200,000 units and has 42,089 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $50,800,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Dread Hunger overview details

Dread Hunger combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Note: Official server support ends 2024-01-01 "We are nearly through the passage, the storm bites at our heels, and the crew whispers of blood and dark magic." - Captain's Log April 1847 Survive the Arctic Build fires to stay warm, fend off wolves and other predators, and hunt for food to stay alive in the brutal and unforgiving Canadian Arctic. Betray Your Friends Feed them tainted food, lure animals to attack them, hex them with blood magic, or if all else fails… just shoot them in the back. You Are What You Eat In the Arctic, you’ll have to make some grim choices to stay fed. Butcher bodies and use the pieces as weapons - or food. Captain a Ship Steer a 19th century warship around (or into) icebergs. Find coal for the ever-hungry boiler to keep the ship moving... or blow it up. Brave a Perilous World Plan around a full day and night cycle, contend with unexpected whiteouts, and try to outrun a massive blizzard that looms over the expedition.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Dread Hunger is listed as a game with No longer available on Steam Store. It supports Windows, belongs to Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 751 players at 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC, a tracked peak of 4,267, and 71% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameDread Hunger
Steam App ID1418630
Typegame
Release dateJan 26, 2022
DeveloperDread Hunger Team
PublisherDigital Confectioners
PriceNo longer available on Steam Store
PlatformsWindows
GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
CategoriesMulti-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players751 · 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak4,267
Positive reviews1,845
Negative reviews753
Total reviews2,598
Positive percent71%
Review typeMostly Positive
Recommendations42,089
Average playtime25,632 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateJan 26, 2022
Official Steam feed update (UTC)10 January 2024 - 02:56:05 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC

Content descriptors

You can chop the limbs off animals and people with a sword. You can pick up severed heads / limbs and run around with them and then use them to kill other people. Sometimes dead people have willies.

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Feed The MachineNo description
For Her MajestyNo description
Mystery StewNo description
First MateNo description
"Good" Guy With a GunNo description
Dark ShamanNo description
Extra SpicyNo description
Hard CarryNo description
TitanicNo description
Going HomeNo description

Support and legal notes

FieldValue
Support email[email protected]
Support URLSupport page
Legal noticeDread Hunger™ © 2021 by Slowdrive Studios™. All rights reserved.

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/1418630
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/1418630
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Dread Hunger

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Dread Hunger?

Dread Hunger's latest SteamPulse observation records 751 players at 24 September 2026 - 10:31:30 UTC, with a tracked peak of 4,267 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 427 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Dread Hunger growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 811 players; the highest observed daily value is 1,567 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Dread Hunger?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (42.3%), Canada (15.4%), United Kingdom (5.8%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (35.3%), Canada (12.7%), United Kingdom (5.7%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (45.2%), Canada (13.1%), United Kingdom (5.2%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30.8%), Canada (10.3%), China (7.2%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Dread Hunger?

Dread Hunger currently sits at 71% positive across 2,598 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 1,845 positive reviews and 753 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mostly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Dread Hunger have?

Dread Hunger currently has about 116.3K tracked Steam followers as of 13 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Dread Hunger?

Dread Hunger is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mostly Positive

71% positive, 1,845 positive, 753 negative

Price and discount

No longer available on Steam Store

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements

Achievements

26

Platform releases
  • Steam 22 April 2021

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 760 GTX or AMD Radeon R9 280 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space Additional Notes: Microphone required

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1060-6GB or AMD RX 580 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space Additional Notes: Microphone required

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