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Dust Dwellers
Crimson Stone Games · Published by Crimson Stone Games · Official site ↗
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Lead a group of survivors through a dry and desolate wasteland in this turn-based card game. Outfit your survivors with vehicles to fend off metal beasts at night, scavenge for resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead. Can you outwit the dangers of this harsh new world?
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Lead your group of survivors through the harsh landscape of Dust Dwellers, using strategy and card management to survive night threats and scavenge resources. Outfit them with vehicles and uncover paths to new homesteads in this turn-based card game from Crimson Stone Games.
About this game
Survive the harsh wasteland - solo or with friends - in Dust Dwellers, a turn-based strategy card game. Command a group of survivors and their vehicles as you defend against relentless metal beasts, make crucial decisions to gather resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead in this post-apocalyptic world.
- Send scouts to scavenge and gather intel on upcoming attacks
- Find other survivors: are they extra hands for work or more mouths to feed?
- Construct upgrades to the production sites in your encampment
- Assign warriors to vehicles to defend your base at night
- Discover the way to your next homestead and keep ahead of the metal horde!
Your goal: Survive and explore The Wasteland in search of new hope!
Soon we will begin conducting preliminary playtests and collecting your feedback. If you'd like to help guide the future of the project, or just to follow our development more closely, you can join us on !
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Introducing: Dust Dwellers
Hello, and welcome! Dust Dwellers is a survival card game, for both singleplayer and online co-op, currently in development. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43645217/82a3086c6c64906001f175e77848fa21beffc8ed.png If you'd like to keep up with our progress and be notified when the game is released, be sure to follow and wishlist! Soon we will begin conducting some preliminary playtests and collecting your feedback to help guide the future of the project. If you'd like to be a part of that, or just to follow the development more closely, you can join us on Discord! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43645217/94d3b517b7433a6cb8ba79d08602518a9a5baf36.png Quite literally, this game began as a dream. A fleeting yet visceral dream I had one night more than five years ago which has stuck with me since. Riding on the back of a jeep, my hands on a mounted Gatling gun, I looked out over a sparse wasteland, which soon was clear had formerly been the ocean floor. And the reason for this massive firepower was chasing after us: a pack of immense mechanical beasts. In short, this was like the world of Mad Max meeting Horizon Zero Dawn. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43645217/3970dba3665e584e23e71baf6d839dee7e8bf99d.png Fast forward to 2022 when I decided to prototype a tabletop game based in this world. I even got my arts 'n crafts on and made some tokens to go with the (index) cards. Having iterated on the mechanics, I gathered some friends to play together in person. And we had a good time! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43645217/909f3b161c0922394e08b3865bea1f7118631cd0.png With the initial playtesting proven promising, I felt it would be a good opportunity to adapt this into a digital card game. Now, the core loop is operational, including online co-op! Currently, I'm focused on implementing enhancements to the user experience. Meanwhile, the art for the project is gradually coming together. Late last year, I connected with the talented Pierce Papke, who has been creating illustrations for the cards, which we've been sharing over ou...Read full article on Community Announcements (Crimson Stone Games)
