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DPS IDLE cover art

DPS IDLE

YDKR · 2021-08-21

SteamMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 25, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and hire heroes. Raise your DPS!

DPS IDLE is a free-to-play Casual, Indie, and Free To Play title released in 2021, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 801 reviews).

45
playing now
63%
positive of 801 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,050 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320202026Week of 2020-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5902026-09-15 01:00 — 42 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 45 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 58 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 38 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 46 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 55 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 40 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 47 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 39 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 39 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 49 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 51 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 34 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 42 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 49 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 40 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 49 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40041Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 364 · peak 513Nov 2020 — avg 376 · peak 539Jan 2021 — avg 264 · peak 354Mar 2021 — avg 204 · peak 299May 2021 — avg 139 · peak 187Jul 2021 — avg 110 · peak 146Sep 2021 — avg 257 · peak 334Nov 2021 — avg 191 · peak 261Jan 2022 — avg 199 · peak 280Mar 2022 — avg 183 · peak 264May 2022 — avg 183 · peak 278Jul 2022 — avg 165 · peak 237Sep 2022 — avg 138 · peak 191Nov 2022 — avg 114 · peak 157Jan 2023 — avg 103 · peak 150Mar 2023 — avg 95 · peak 141May 2023 — avg 107 · peak 152Jul 2023 — avg 107 · peak 146Sep 2023 — avg 121 · peak 171Nov 2023 — avg 147 · peak 206Jan 2024 — avg 135 · peak 189Mar 2024 — avg 145 · peak 207May 2024 — avg 159 · peak 216Jul 2024 — avg 142 · peak 192Sep 2024 — avg 149 · peak 205Nov 2024 — avg 92 · peak 132Jan 2025 — avg 73 · peak 104Mar 2025 — avg 70 · peak 106May 2025 — avg 70 · peak 102Jul 2025 — avg 67 · peak 94Sep 2025 — avg 61 · peak 86Nov 2025 — avg 57 · peak 92Jan 2026 — avg 57 · peak 194Mar 2026 — avg 54 · peak 81May 2026 — avg 55 · peak 77Jul 2026 — avg 42 · peak 62Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002021-01-102026-10-112021-01-10 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.002026-09-06 — best price $0.002026-09-13 — best price $0.002026-09-20 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-10-04 — best price $0.002026-10-11 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "Monster Killer"
22.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-11-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7,45361%21
Windows (Xbox)2,61577%21
Steam (Steam)2,3140%45

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

Player tags

2DIdlerIndieCasualClickerFantasyCard GameClass-BasedCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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