Cosmic Dust & Rust
Skip · Action · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 15, under the fair line, at $1.99.
- Length
- 1h 3.3h to 100%
- Value
- $1.99/hr
- Reviews
- 64% of 568 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 502 MB of memory, DirectX 9.0 Compatible, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 69 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 51 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 83 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 88 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Super Sanctum TD ($4.99, scores 74) and Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense ($14.99, scores 65) both outscore it.
More about Cosmic Dust & Rust
Finishing takes 1 hours; clearing it takes 3, which is 3.3 times the campaign.
What players say
Dust rusts my brain, ship pedals like broken bike. Happy to eat cosmic punches, keep oxidizing please.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Cosmic Dust & Rust scores 15/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/473560/cosmic-dust-rustReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.