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Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator

Konfa Games · tinyBuild · 2022-09-29

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2022 (Mac), Sep 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator is an Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 3355 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

13
playing now
84%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (168 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator is a tactical roguelike videogame released in 2022. The title was developed by Konfa Games and published by tinyBuild.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (594 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 67k–151k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,358 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.85 at GameBillet (2025-03-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 72 of 97 observed days · $17.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53453420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4872026-09-15 00:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 31 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 27 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 28 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71714Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 717 · peak 1,447Dec 2021 — avg 175 · peak 323Feb 2022 — avg 84 · peak 235Apr 2022 — avg 55 · peak 129Jun 2022 — avg 44 · peak 98Aug 2022 — avg 140 · peak 367Oct 2022 — avg 283 · peak 920Dec 2022 — avg 73 · peak 133Feb 2023 — avg 38 · peak 74Apr 2023 — avg 41 · peak 71Jun 2023 — avg 33 · peak 69Aug 2023 — avg 41 · peak 102Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 72Dec 2023 — avg 50 · peak 100Feb 2024 — avg 33 · peak 98Apr 2024 — avg 34 · peak 95Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 79Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 48Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 60Dec 2024 — avg 31 · peak 58Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 59Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 57Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 52Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 41Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 44Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 36Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 43Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.862021-10-142026-10-142021-10-14 — best price $11.732021-12-11 — best price $14.992022-02-04 — best price $11.992022-04-30 — best price $10.532022-07-04 — best price $11.282022-08-17 — best price $11.492022-11-16 — best price $15.992023-01-06 — best price $12.592023-03-24 — best price $15.992023-05-13 — best price $12.792023-06-26 — best price $8.892023-08-07 — best price $11.992023-10-07 — best price $12.592023-11-16 — best price $15.992023-12-22 — best price $5.722024-02-11 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-14 — best price $12.292024-05-21 — best price $5.852024-06-28 — best price $5.042024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-09-27 — best price $6.002024-11-05 — best price $12.292024-12-19 — best price $4.562025-02-03 — best price $12.712025-03-21 — best price $15.992025-04-15 — best price $14.692025-05-16 — best price $15.992025-06-12 — best price $14.692025-07-24 — best price $14.692025-08-21 — best price $3.752025-09-12 — best price $14.692025-11-04 — best price $14.992025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $4.992026-03-27 — best price $14.692026-05-20 — best price $3.382026-07-11 — best price $3.752026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2002026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 20 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 2 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 3 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 14 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-09 — 13 pageviews2026-10-13 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
96.9%
earned "Good start!"
14.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-10-14, latest 2022-09-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,1431%36

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventureDark HumorRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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