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DNF Duel

NEOPLE Inc. · NEXON · 2022-06-27

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ActionCasual

Franchise: Dungeon & Fighter · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 28, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jun 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Action fighting at its extreme! Enter the new beat’em up world of Arad as your favorite character from the beloved Dungeon and Fighter franchise!

DNF Duel is an Action, Casual game released in 2022, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 4183 reviews).

4
playing now
63%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
63
Nexus mods (4.7k downloads)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (1,707 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

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

DNF Duel is a fighting video game co-developed by Arc System Works, Eighting and Neople, and published by Nexon. It is a spin-off of the Dungeon & Fighter series and was released for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on 28 June 2022. A Nintendo Switch port was released on 20 April 2023.

Trailer

DNF Duel trailer thumbnail

DNF DUEL｜Official Trailer

≈695,454 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,655 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 84k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,180 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2024-06-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20222026Week of 2022-06-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 556 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-14 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k4Jul 2022Aug 2026Jul 2022 — avg 1,895 · peak 7,132Sep 2022 — avg 79 · peak 178Nov 2022 — avg 41 · peak 97Jan 2023 — avg 112 · peak 323Mar 2023 — avg 54 · peak 156May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 54Jul 2023 — avg 96 · peak 585Sep 2023 — avg 41 · peak 148Nov 2023 — avg 20 · peak 59Jan 2024 — avg 28 · peak 82Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 176May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 52Jul 2024 — avg 31 · peak 106Sep 2024 — avg 18 · peak 40Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 29Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 22Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$0.002022-05-252025-03-262022-05-25 — best price $49.992022-11-03 — best price $29.992022-11-10 — best price $49.992022-12-22 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $49.992023-03-08 — best price $24.992023-03-15 — best price $49.992023-07-06 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $49.992023-09-14 — best price $19.992023-09-27 — best price $49.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $49.992023-12-18 — best price $49.992023-12-20 — best price $0.002023-12-21 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $49.992024-01-31 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $49.992024-02-18 — best price $49.992024-03-14 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $49.992024-06-18 — best price $14.992024-07-02 — best price $49.992024-07-03 — best price $49.992024-08-08 — best price $0.002024-08-15 — best price $49.992024-09-15 — best price $14.992024-09-29 — best price $49.992024-12-02 — best price $14.992024-12-16 — best price $49.992025-03-12 — best price $14.992025-03-26 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

156402026-06-01 — 69 pageviews2026-06-05 — 45 pageviews2026-06-09 — 49 pageviews2026-06-13 — 40 pageviews2026-06-17 — 49 pageviews2026-06-21 — 76 pageviews2026-06-25 — 85 pageviews2026-06-29 — 105 pageviews2026-07-03 — 100 pageviews2026-07-07 — 80 pageviews2026-07-11 — 67 pageviews2026-07-15 — 68 pageviews2026-07-19 — 42 pageviews2026-07-23 — 73 pageviews2026-07-27 — 112 pageviews2026-07-31 — 82 pageviews2026-08-04 — 56 pageviews2026-08-08 — 101 pageviews2026-08-12 — 137 pageviews2026-08-16 — 95 pageviews2026-08-20 — 156 pageviews2026-08-24 — 76 pageviews2026-08-28 — 83 pageviews2026-09-01 — 84 pageviews2026-09-05 — 72 pageviews2026-09-09 — 55 pageviews2026-09-13 — 66 pageviews2026-09-17 — 62 pageviews2026-09-21 — 66 pageviews2026-09-25 — 54 pageviews2026-09-29 — 53 pageviews2026-10-03 — 51 pageviews2026-10-07 — 49 pageviews2026-10-10 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "The Beginning of a Legend"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing6 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2023-07-12, latest 2024-06-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8141%44
PS5 (PlayStation)2,55712%44
PS4 (PlayStation)1,79911%44
Switch (Nintendo)580%0

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

PvP2.5DAnimeActionArcadeCasualFightingStrategyCinematic2D Fighter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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