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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links cover art

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

KONAMI · 2017-11-16

Steam

StrategyFree To Play

Franchise: Yu-Gi-Oh! · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 20, 2017 (Android), Jan 11, 2017 (iOS), Nov 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!

1,945
playing now
83%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
15
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
IGDB user rating (93 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,945 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Duel Links features characters from the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series. Seto Kaiba has created a virtual reality "Duel World" in order to gather the best duelists so they can compete. Players first have the option to play as either Yami Yugi or Seto Kaiba. As they continue to win duels, other characters become unlocked, including the character the player did not choose at the beginning.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,945 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,042 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~130/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.1k1.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 1,576 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,267 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,516 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,498 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,310 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,516 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,550 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,352 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,591 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,526 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,238 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,563 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,474 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,244 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,573 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,645 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,167 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,408 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,675 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,255 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,303 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,629 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,668 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,422 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,924 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,780 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,434 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,132 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,945 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

82302026-08-26 19:15 — 256 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 224 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 228 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 810 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 513 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 121 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 91 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 540 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 15 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned "Duelist Awakened"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)34,3547%20

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

RPGAnimeMemesActionCasualStrategyCard GameTurn-BasedCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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