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DNF Duel

NEOPLE Inc. · NEXON · 2022-06-27

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ActionCasual

Franchise: Dungeon & Fighter · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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!

9
playing now
63%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 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 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 84k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,183 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

1302026-08-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

172402026-06-01 — 69 pageviews2026-06-04 — 46 pageviews2026-06-07 — 56 pageviews2026-06-10 — 62 pageviews2026-06-13 — 40 pageviews2026-06-16 — 56 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-22 — 76 pageviews2026-06-25 — 85 pageviews2026-06-28 — 140 pageviews2026-07-01 — 99 pageviews2026-07-04 — 70 pageviews2026-07-07 — 80 pageviews2026-07-10 — 59 pageviews2026-07-13 — 82 pageviews2026-07-16 — 40 pageviews2026-07-19 — 42 pageviews2026-07-22 — 67 pageviews2026-07-25 — 102 pageviews2026-07-28 — 108 pageviews2026-07-31 — 82 pageviews2026-08-03 — 72 pageviews2026-08-06 — 116 pageviews2026-08-09 — 114 pageviews2026-08-12 — 137 pageviews2026-08-15 — 95 pageviews2026-08-18 — 61 pageviews2026-08-21 — 172 pageviews2026-08-24 — 76 pageviews2026-08-27 — 85 pageviews2026-08-29 — 73 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

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.

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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