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Drop Duchy

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

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Drop Duchy is a 2025 Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 3279 reviews).

80
playing now
89%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (275 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

80 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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.

Trailer

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Drop Duchy - Official Launch Trailer

≈338,103 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 80 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 7% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 66k–148k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,279 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 40 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

172372026-09-15 02:00 — 105 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 107 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 152 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 98 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 157 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 172 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 97 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 72 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 130 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 97 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 48 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 96 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 80 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 60 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 127 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 149 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 59 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 102 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 122 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 62 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 95 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 101 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 55 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 80 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k66May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 1,412 · peak 3,684Jun 2025 — avg 366 · peak 899Jul 2025 — avg 250 · peak 587Aug 2025 — avg 354 · peak 1,313Sep 2025 — avg 173 · peak 493Oct 2025 — avg 145 · peak 334Nov 2025 — avg 75 · peak 145Dec 2025 — avg 168 · peak 416Jan 2026 — avg 130 · peak 334Feb 2026 — avg 88 · peak 188Mar 2026 — avg 100 · peak 234Apr 2026 — avg 66 · peak 143May 2026 — avg 139 · peak 596Jun 2026 — avg 68 · peak 166Jul 2026 — avg 176 · peak 372Aug 2026 — avg 147 · peak 351
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

8372026-05-29 — 16 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 25 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 21 pageviews2026-09-10 — 44 pageviews2026-09-14 — 30 pageviews2026-09-18 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 60 pageviews2026-10-04 — 49 pageviews2026-10-07 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-05-26, latest 2025-12-05 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleMedievalStrategyTabletopAdventureBoard GameHistoricalRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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