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:7/11/2025
- Steam App Id:473560
Cosmic Dust & Rust
- Windows
- 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.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Cosmic Dust & Rust. It has received a total of 474 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 57 (Mixed).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Cosmic Dust & Rust and its growth over time. It currently has 535 followers on its community page.
Cosmic Dust & Rust Price
Cosmic Dust & Rust costs $1.99 in the Steam store as of 7/11/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Mega Game Pack Bundle which offer 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.
Players have rated Cosmic Dust & Rust as "Mixed" out of 474 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 279 positive reviews and 195 negative reviews — an overall 59% positive review rating.
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:
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
- Steam Trading Cards
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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, July 11). Cosmic Dust & Rust on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/473560
- Valve Corporation. (2025, July 11). 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/