 
Bad Sector HDD
| App ID | 531910 | 
| App Type | Game | 
| Developer | Dan Ruscoe | 
| Publisher | Dan Ruscoe | 
| Supported Systems | Windows | 
| Technologies | Unity Engine | 
| Last Changenumber | 28198398 | 
| Last Record Update | 28 March 2025 – 20:15:03 UTC ( | 
| Release Date | 15 October 2016 – 00:56:02 UTC ( | 
Bad Sector is a game about immunizing a data storage device while a virus works against you.
Additional Information
| Developer | Dan Ruscoe | |
| metacritic_name | Bad Sector HDD | |
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |
| ReleaseState | released | |
| Publisher | Dan Ruscoe | |
| eulas | {} | |
| Store Release Date | 3 September 2015 – 07:00:00 UTC ( | |
| osarch | empty string | |
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |
| Primary Genre | Casual (4) | |
| Store Genres | Casual (4), Indie (23) | |
| Steam Release Date | 15 October 2016 – 00:56:02 UTC ( | |
| Original Release Date | 3 September 2015 – 07:00:00 UTC ( | |
| Store Asset Modification Time | 25 September 2016 – 06:12:12 UTC ( | |
| review_score | 8 | |
| review_percentage | 92 | |
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unity Engine | |
| restricted_countries | DE | |
| First seen on SteamDB | 16 September 2016 – 19:12:27 UTC ( | 
Supported Languages
| 1 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | 
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | 
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Assets
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| small_capsule | 
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| header_image | 
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| store_screenshot | ss_acf079ee4b5d53131b81136dd7e260e183d12b92.jpg | ||||||||||||||
| Assets | 
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| trailer_name | Bad Sector HDD Trailer | 
| trailer_category | 0 | 
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256670998/movie480.webm | 
| video/mp4 | 256670998/movie480.mp4 | 
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256670998/movie_max.webm | 
| video/mp4 | 256670998/movie_max.mp4 | 
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 531910/73191/95dc76d3dee901010bd95e8b383ba2c9ccd4641a/1751298323/microtrailer.webm | 
| video/mp4 | 531910/73191/95dc76d3dee901010bd95e8b383ba2c9ccd4641a/1751298323/microtrailer.mp4 | 
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 531910/73191/95dc76d3dee901010bd95e8b383ba2c9ccd4641a/1751298323/dash_av1.mpd | 
| dash_h264 | 531910/73191/95dc76d3dee901010bd95e8b383ba2c9ccd4641a/1751298323/dash_h264.mpd | 
| hls_h264 | 531910/73191/95dc76d3dee901010bd95e8b383ba2c9ccd4641a/1751298323/hls_264_master.m3u8 | 
| screenshot_medium | 256670998/movie.293x165.jpg | 
| screenshot_full | 256670998/movie_full.jpg | 
| all_ages | true | 
| is_highlight | true | 
| timestamp | 15 October 2016 – 00:59:07 UTC | 
Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 426 all-time peak 25 November 2021 
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- 0 24-hour peak
- 2 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~2.1 k by Gamalytic
- ~3.6 k by VG Insights
- ~192.3 k by PlayTracker
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Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak | 
|---|---|---|
| 15 October 2016 | Steam Release | - | 
| 23 August 2016 | ⇄ Groupees: Build A Greenlight Bundle 48 | - | 
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Bad Sector HDD had an all-time peak of 426 concurrent players on 25 November 2021.
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