Cosmic Dust & Rust
Released May 2016
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.
64% positive · 569 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $0.99 $1.99 −50%
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Evaluation
Cosmic Dust & Rust launched on May 17, 2016 as a self-contained tower defence game. The developer issued two small balance and bug-fix patches in late May 2016, shortly after launch, addressing performance issues and difficulty tuning. After that, developer communication about this game effectively ceased. The most recent news post (April 11, 2017) is not about Cosmic Dust & Rust at all — it promotes a completely separate project (Sol Ni Koro), a 3D RPG the studio was pitching on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight. There are no announced expansions, DLC, roadmaps, or future content plans for this game. The store description presents it as a complete, self-contained experience with no mention of post-launch content. The game launched as a finished product and received only minor post-launch maintenance patches. No further development activity has been observed since May 2016.
Evidence
Developer's most recent news post promotes an entirely separate game (Sol Ni Koro), with no mention of Cosmic Dust & Rust — indicating the studio had moved on to other projects
Store description presents a complete, self-contained tower defence experience with no mention of planned DLC, updates, or future content
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Back To Basics Gaming
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Cosmic Dust & Rust is a tower defence game set in space with 2 stages of game play: The first stage is 'Ship management', where the player must upgrade the internal parts of his or her ship. You can build and upgrade turrets and defence systems. You can also undergo side missions.
The second stage is the 'Action sequence', where the player takes manual control of the ship and it's main cannon and super weapon defence systems.
Features:
- Upgrade your ships defence systems.
- Complete secondary missions for bonus aluminium and gold.
- Do battle with a variety of enemy types with destructible parts.
- Build and fire Super weapons. Take the fight to the enemy!
- Dark star fapfap button
The second stage is the 'Action sequence', where the player takes manual control of the ship and it's main cannon and super weapon defence systems.
Features:
- Upgrade your ships defence systems.
- Complete secondary missions for bonus aluminium and gold.
- Do battle with a variety of enemy types with destructible parts.
- Build and fire Super weapons. Take the fight to the enemy!
- Dark star fapfap button
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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