Cosmic Dust & Rust
Cosmic Dust & Rust is a tower defence game set in space. Upgrade your ship, build turrets and defence systems, undergo side missions and take control of your ship manually and use its cannons and super weapons to destroy your enemies.
- Price:$1.99
- Release Date:5/17/2016
- Developer:16bit Nights
- Publisher:Back To Basics Gaming
- Last Updated:3/21/2025
- Steam App Id:473560
Cosmic Dust & Rust
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- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Cosmic Dust & Rust has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 100% lower than its previous all-time peak of 361 players achieved on 7/12/2023.
Cosmic Dust & Rust Review
Cosmic Dust & Rust has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 59 / 100. This score is calculated from 471 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Mixed rating. These are split between 278 positive reviews, 193 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback.
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Cosmic Dust & Rust Price
Cosmic Dust & Rust costs $1.99 in the Steam store as of 3/21/2025. It can be purchased as a standalone game or through a bundle like Mega Game Pack Bundle which offers a discount off the game's base price.
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About Cosmic Dust & Rust
Cosmic Dust & Rust is an Indie, Casual, Action, and Strategy game developed by 16bit Nights. On 5/17/2016, it was released on the Steam Store by Back To Basics Gaming.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, Cosmic Dust & Rust supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Cosmic Dust & Rust has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Difficult
- Pixel Graphics
- Tower Defense
- Strategy
- Indie
- Casual
- Action
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Bundles
Cosmic Dust & Rust is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mega Game Pack Bundle | 90 | 90 | $94.60 | View |
Related Packages
Cosmic Dust & Rust is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
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| Cosmic Dust & Rust | $0.79 | View |
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Soures & References
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Cosmic Dust & Rust data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 21). Cosmic Dust & Rust on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/473560
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 21). Cosmic Dust & Rust. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/473560
- 16bit Nights. (2023, July 7). Cosmic Dust & Rust. Cosmic Dust & Rust. http://www.backtobasicsgaming.com/