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Dandy Dungeon - Legend of Brave Yamada - cover art

Dandy Dungeon - Legend of Brave Yamada -

Onion Games · 2019-11-28

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 25, 2017 (Android), Nov 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2016 (iOS), Nov 28, 2019 (Mac), Jun 27, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Are you ready for a story-driven, rom-com, roguelite puzzle game?! Yamada-kun (Age 36) is a game programmer who hates his job. Alone in his apartment, he toils to create his own game: an RPG, where he is the hero, Brave Yamada!

86%
positive of 91 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.29
steam price (US)
Dandy Dungeon - Legend of Brave Yamada - is a 2016 roguelike video game developed by Onion Games. It was first released for iOS and Android on January 15, 2016, in Japan, and the following year internationally. It was later ported to Nintendo Switch, Windows and macOS in 2019.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 18,206 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 91 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.29-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.49 at Steam (2021-05-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days · $3.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820192026Week of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$9.492019-11-282026-09-222019-11-28 — best price $18.992020-06-25 — best price $13.292020-11-02 — best price $18.992021-05-01 — best price $9.492021-08-19 — best price $18.992021-11-06 — best price $11.392022-01-05 — best price $18.992022-04-28 — best price $13.292022-07-07 — best price $18.992022-09-14 — best price $13.292022-11-29 — best price $18.992023-03-16 — best price $13.292023-05-08 — best price $18.992023-08-10 — best price $13.292023-11-28 — best price $18.992024-02-07 — best price $13.292024-03-21 — best price $18.992024-06-27 — best price $13.292024-09-17 — best price $18.992024-11-27 — best price $13.292025-01-02 — best price $18.992025-03-13 — best price $13.292025-05-13 — best price $18.992025-07-31 — best price $9.492025-10-06 — best price $18.992025-12-18 — best price $9.492026-02-14 — best price $18.992026-05-01 — best price $13.292026-07-09 — best price $18.992026-09-22 — best price $13.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1522026-06-25 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGIndiePuzzleSatireRogue-likeRogue-liteSoundtrackReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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