Duskers

Details

Playtime Not Played
Last Activity Never
Added 04/05/2025 20:14:38
Modified 28/03/2026 11:46:19
Completion Status Not Played
Library Epic
Source Epic
Platform Macintosh
PC (Linux)
PC (Windows)
Release Date 18/05/2016
Community Score 84
Critic Score 83
User Score
Genre Sci-fi
Strategy
Survival
Developer Misfits Attic
Publisher Misfits Attic
Feature Single-player
Links GOG Store Page
GOG Forum
Tag 2D
Atmospheric
Classic
Difficult
Exploration
Horror
Indie
Procedural Generation
Puzzle
Roguelike
Roguelite
Science
Sci-fi
Space
Strategy
Survival
Tactical
Typing

Description

In Duskers you pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Explore
You are a drone operator, surrounded by old gritty tech that acts as your only eyes and ears to the outside world. What you hear comes through a remote microphone. What you see is how each drone sees the world. Motion sensors tell you something's out there, but not what. And when you issue commands, you do it through a command line interface.

Adapt
You have to earn everything in Duskers, scavenging drone upgrades, drones, and even ship upgrades. But dangerous creatures lurk in these derelict ships, and weapons are rare, so you may need to think of a clever way to explore a military outpost using only a motion sensor and a lure. But even if you find a way, the sensor that you rely on may break down, or you may run out of lures, even your drone's camera feed can start to fail. A favorite strategy can't be exploited for long, so you'll have to continually adapt.

Survive
Duskers is set in a procedurally generated Universe, and when you die you lose everything. You not only need to worry about what hazards lay waiting for you in the derelicts, but also running out of fuel, or parts to modify your drones and ship. You are alone, isolated in the dark reaches of space. Only by sifting through what ship logs remain un-corrupted can you piece together what happened.

About Us
We previously made A Virus Named TOM and then were fortunate enough to get Indie Fund to help us fund Duskers. More about us at www.games.misfits-attic.com/