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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

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!

8
playing now
84%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

A group of people wake up in a strange post-apocalyptic labyrinth — naked, with no memories and with a bunch of weapons. Is this a joke, a crazy experiment, or... a game? You'll find out soon enough, just try not to die first! Your puny squad is capable of much more. Choose your loot and transform the squishy humans into wizards, cultists, ninjas and dozens of other heroes, including the mythical stale pretzel throwers. With perks and class combos, there are thousands of ways to build your army. The man-eating cabbage will appreciate the variety in its diet! If you can survive the labyrinth, y(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 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 12% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 67k–151k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,351 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.37-78%
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 89 of 108 observed days (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

2662026-08-11 19:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.862021-10-142026-08-262021-10-14 — 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 $3.752026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventureDark HumorRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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