# Disco Elysium

> ZA/UM's role-playing game Disco Elysium won four trophies at The Game Awards 2019.

- Owner: ZA/UM
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2019-10-15
- Peak date: 2020-03-19
- Spread Score: 45 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Creator relay, Press loop

## Summary

ZA/UM invited a prelaunch creator demonstration and later showcased credited fan art beside award-vote requests. The Great Internationale made translation progress visible and invited language votes, reporting over 200,000 votes when it closed in June 2020.

## Timeline

- 2016-01-08 — Aleksander Rostov (ZA/UM) (Open web) — Aleksander Rostov posted the devlog 'No Truce With The Furies!' from a team of 11 in Tallinn.
- 2019-09-18 — PC Gamer (Press) — PC Gamer reported an October 15 release on Steam and GOG, with a new trailer.
- 2019-10-06 — ZA/UM / CohhCarnage invitation (Twitch) — Invited readers to a forthcoming CohhCarnage stream and asked them to follow his channel and enable notifications.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/disco-elysium

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Disco Elysium.” Case HIS-00457. Spread Score v1.2: 45/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00457