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Desperate Place

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App ID 3058140
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher BruceGalaxy, NPC Entertainment
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29622528
Last Record Update 18 June 2025 – 05:53:33 UTC ()
Release Date 22 April 2025 – 05:43:56 UTC ()
❓ 70.79%
216 reviews
11
In-Game

Desperate Place is a strategic tower defense game where you play as a crew member who wakes up early on a damaged colonization starship. Stranded on an unknown planet, you must gather resources, repair the ship, and defend against alien monsters to survive and escape.

Additional Information

Developer BruceGalaxy
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher BruceGalaxy
Store Release Date 22 April 2025 – 05:43:59 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/aQfuy8gkrW
https://qm.qq.com/q/dIXZUR0JO0
https://space.bilibili.com/3546780876671348
https://x.com/DesperatePlace
https://www.youtube.com/@DesperatePlace-BruceGalaxy
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 22 April 2025 – 05:43:56 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 April 2025 – 10:57:36 UTC () (1745924256)
library_assets
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library_heroen
library_logoen,zh-cn
library_headeren,zh-cn
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct50
height_pct50
osextended empty string
name_localized
schinese绝望之地
tchinese絕望之地
japanese絶望の地
review_score 6
review_percentage 75
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, UnityBurst SDK, UnityIL2CPP SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 8 May 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 18260983
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-9.0-4RC
    requires_h2640
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 17 June 2024 – 03:07:45 UTC (), in changelist #23995369

Supported Languages

5 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Japanese Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Korean Yes

Tags

🌟 Top-Down Shooter 💡 Strategy 🏰 Tower Defense 🏙️ City Builder 🔫 Shooter 🏽 2D 🗺️ Top-Down 🔋 Cyberpunk 🏠 Base Building 🌠 Space 🎭 Fantasy 🚀 Sci-fi 🏠 Building 🌲 Survival 🗺️ Adventure 🌆 Futuristic ⚔️ Combat 👤 Singleplayer 🌱 Indie ▶️ Real Time Tactics

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Gamepad Preferred Full Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp29 April 2025 – 10:57:48 UTC
Trailers
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257128496 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 9.31 GiB (10000000000)
maxnumfiles 10000
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocalLow
pathBruceGalaxy/DesperatePlace
pattern*.sav
rootoverrides
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocalLow
osMacOS
oscompare=
useinsteadMacAppSupport
pathtransforms/0/findBruceGalaxy/DesperatePlace
pathtransforms/0/replaceunity.BruceGalaxy.DesperatePlace
1 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocalLow
osLinux
oscompare=
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/BruceGalaxy/DesperatePlace *.sav
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/unity.BruceGalaxy.DesperatePlace
Linux (Override) ~/.config/unity3d/BruceGalaxy/DesperatePlace
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