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Dead Man's Draw cover art

Dead Man's Draw

Stardock Entertainment · 2014-02-06

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 08, 2015 (iOS), Feb 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dead Man’s Draw is a simple and strategic game of luck and skill that boils down strategy gameplay into a single, tense decision.

Dead Man's Draw is a 2014 Casual, Indie, Strategy game priced at $6.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 645 reviews).

2
playing now
84%
positive of 645 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead Man's Draw is a strategic card game application developed for Apple (iOS) and Windows, published by Stardock. It was first developed for iOS, releasing on 8 October 2015. This release was followed by a PC port, released on the Steam marketplace on 6 February 2016. A tabletop version of the game was published by MayDay Games and released on 11 April 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,129 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 645 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at IndieGala Store (2024-03-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 45 of 61 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
561Feb 2014May 2024Feb 2014 — avg 25 · peak 86May 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 51Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 28Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 11May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 56 · peak 1,355May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 29Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 51Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 31Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.38$1.752015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-09-01 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $6.992017-06-23 — best price $3.492018-05-30 — best price $11.382018-11-21 — best price $3.492019-06-26 — best price $3.492019-10-15 — best price $6.992020-01-07 — best price $6.992020-04-10 — best price $2.802020-06-08 — best price $6.992020-07-17 — best price $6.992020-09-18 — best price $6.992020-10-24 — best price $6.992020-12-15 — best price $2.972021-01-27 — best price $6.992021-02-24 — best price $6.992021-04-06 — best price $6.992021-05-07 — best price $6.992021-07-09 — best price $5.842021-09-24 — best price $2.802021-12-01 — best price $5.132022-01-22 — best price $6.992022-05-26 — best price $5.842022-10-09 — best price $5.482022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-07-21 — best price $2.802023-12-01 — best price $1.792024-04-29 — best price $2.382024-10-15 — best price $5.482025-01-13 — best price $5.482025-06-03 — best price $5.482025-10-19 — best price $5.482026-01-23 — best price $2.792026-05-04 — best price $6.992026-08-24 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

602026-05-29 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 0 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 0 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2 pageviews2026-08-29 — 3 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 0 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 0 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
52.6%
earned "Prime Target"
29.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8016%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPvEIndieCasualPiratesStrategyStylizedCard GameHand-drawnTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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