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Drop Duchy

Sleepy Mill Studio · The Arcade Crew · 2025-05-05

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AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 05, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!

95
playing now
89%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

95 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Drop Duchy is a 2025 video game that blends roguelike deck-building and organisation puzzles into a hybrid Tetris-style PvE gameplay. It was developed by French game studio Sleepy Mill Studio and published by The Arcade Crew. The game was initially released on Steam on 5 May 2025. "Drop Duchy Complete Edition" later launched on Xbox Series X/S on 28 January 2026, debuting on Xbox Game Pass. Versions for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 released on 21 April 2026.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 95 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (646 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 65k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,240 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.56-43%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.95 at GameBillet (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 23 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57957920252026Week of 2025-05-05: 579 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

211722026-08-11 23:00 — 113 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 157 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 94 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 129 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 166 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 127 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 161 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 211 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 82 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 153 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 138 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 84 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 129 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 88 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 158 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 150 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 110 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 170 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 125 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 85 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 153 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 101 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 72 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 137 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 74 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 90 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 158 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 95 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.952025-05-052026-08-212025-05-05 — best price $12.682025-06-27 — best price $12.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $11.992025-08-25 — best price $14.992025-09-05 — best price $11.992025-09-15 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-16 — best price $14.992025-11-04 — best price $14.992025-11-24 — best price $11.992025-12-05 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $11.242026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $11.242026-02-09 — best price $11.242026-02-17 — best price $14.992026-03-05 — best price $9.742026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-05-05 — best price $14.992026-05-12 — best price $8.992026-05-21 — best price $14.992026-05-26 — best price $8.552026-06-15 — best price $12.442026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-17 — best price $12.442026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-08-20 — best price $8.592026-08-21 — best price $8.56
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4572026-05-29 — 16 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 16 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-13 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 45 pageviews2026-07-10 — 21 pageviews2026-07-13 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 28 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 22 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1602026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78.9%
earned "Reap & Sow"
42.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,3391%181
PS5 (PlayStation)27917%48

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleMedievalStrategyTabletopAdventureBoard GameHistoricalRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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