Dust: An Elysian Tail sells 1 million

Humble Hearts' RPG makes milestone

News by Rachel Weber Senior Editor

Published on March 3, 2014

Microsoft Studios RPG Dust: An Elysian Tail has sold over 1 million copies, according to creator Dean Dodrill. The game was first released on XBLA on August 15, 2012.

Dodrill told tweeters that around 1 per cent of those sales had been through Linux, and that he was considering a small project next "just to test the tech waters."

Today, Dust: AET surpassed one million units sold. Thank you to @xbox, @steam_games, & @humble for their support in helping us get here!
— Dean Dodrill (@NoogyTweet) March 1, 2014

Dust:AET has, in RIAA parlance, gone platinum! This is the first game I've worked on to hit a million. I need some expensive steak & bubbly!
— Alex Kain (@tdcpresents) March 1, 2014

After its release on Xbox Live Arcade the game came to Windows through Steam on May 24, 2013 and to Linux and Mac on December 19, 2013.

In 2009 Dust: An Elysian Tail won Microsoft's Dream Play Build contest and scored Dodrill the competition's grand prize of $40,000.

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