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Dota Underlords

Valve · 2019-06-20

Steam

CasualStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: Jun 20, 2019 (iOS), Jun 20, 2019 (Android), Jun 20, 2019 (Linux), Jun 20, 2019 (Mac), Jun 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

Dota Underlords is a Casual, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2019, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 90,946 reviews).

545
playing now
82%
positive of 91k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
64/100
IGDB user rating (72 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

545 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Dota Underlords is a 2020 auto battler game by Valve. The game is based on a popular Dota 2 community-created game mode called Dota Auto Chess, which was released in January 2019. Dota Underlords first released in early access in June 2019 before officially releasing on February 25, 2020, for Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Windows. The game is free to play and features cross-platform play.

Trailer

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Dota Underlords Season One Trailer

≈477,537 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 545 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 562 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26,128 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22k22k20192026Week of 2019-06-01: 21,848 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,280 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15,184 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,572 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 652 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2,138 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 749 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16,131 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,847 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,361 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 709 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,694 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 514 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,999 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 508 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k4792026-09-15 11:00 — 920 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 891 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 565 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 901 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,090 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 564 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 805 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,014 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 507 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 866 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,168 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 573 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 710 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 984 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 727 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 664 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,047 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 726 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 629 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 925 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 945 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 532 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 784 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 545 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
76k773Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 76,388 · peak 202,254Sep 2019 — avg 24,944 · peak 44,760Dec 2019 — avg 11,847 · peak 20,177Mar 2020 — avg 14,225 · peak 29,166Jun 2020 — avg 6,060 · peak 9,553Sep 2020 — avg 6,408 · peak 10,487Dec 2020 — avg 4,284 · peak 8,344Mar 2021 — avg 4,171 · peak 6,340Jun 2021 — avg 3,293 · peak 4,996Sep 2021 — avg 2,799 · peak 4,194Dec 2021 — avg 2,307 · peak 3,384Mar 2022 — avg 2,336 · peak 3,536Jun 2022 — avg 2,287 · peak 3,396Sep 2022 — avg 2,114 · peak 3,103Dec 2022 — avg 1,865 · peak 3,014Mar 2023 — avg 1,907 · peak 2,961Jun 2023 — avg 1,582 · peak 2,524Sep 2023 — avg 1,586 · peak 2,389Dec 2023 — avg 1,535 · peak 2,296Mar 2024 — avg 1,457 · peak 2,202Jun 2024 — avg 1,164 · peak 1,767Sep 2024 — avg 1,135 · peak 1,638Dec 2024 — avg 1,049 · peak 1,500Mar 2025 — avg 1,097 · peak 1,613Jun 2025 — avg 1,044 · peak 1,553Sep 2025 — avg 960 · peak 1,439Dec 2025 — avg 836 · peak 1,351Mar 2026 — avg 780 · peak 1,122Jun 2026 — avg 788 · peak 1,226Aug 2026 — avg 787 · peak 1,219
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-232026-10-122026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

202462026-05-30 — 55 pageviews2026-06-03 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 73 pageviews2026-06-11 — 52 pageviews2026-06-15 — 54 pageviews2026-06-19 — 55 pageviews2026-06-23 — 66 pageviews2026-06-27 — 68 pageviews2026-07-01 — 75 pageviews2026-07-05 — 91 pageviews2026-07-09 — 137 pageviews2026-07-13 — 94 pageviews2026-07-17 — 64 pageviews2026-07-21 — 64 pageviews2026-07-25 — 82 pageviews2026-07-29 — 67 pageviews2026-08-02 — 61 pageviews2026-08-06 — 68 pageviews2026-08-10 — 71 pageviews2026-08-14 — 76 pageviews2026-08-18 — 98 pageviews2026-08-22 — 110 pageviews2026-08-26 — 102 pageviews2026-08-30 — 107 pageviews2026-09-03 — 88 pageviews2026-09-07 — 107 pageviews2026-09-11 — 89 pageviews2026-09-15 — 202 pageviews2026-09-19 — 92 pageviews2026-09-23 — 112 pageviews2026-09-27 — 88 pageviews2026-10-01 — 110 pageviews2026-10-05 — 97 pageviews2026-10-08 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3802026-10-01 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input

28 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ChessCasualMatureFantasyStrategyTacticalCard GameBoard GameTurn-BasedCompetitive

Census log

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

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