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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

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!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is a Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2017, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners, priced at free-to-play, and a review sentiment of Very Positive (83% of 44990 reviews).

2,010
playing now
83%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
115
twitch viewers (latest)
23.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
72/100
IGDB user rating (93 ratings)
253
Nexus mods (777k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2,010 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is a free-to-play digital collectible card game developed and published by Konami for the iOS, Android and Microsoft Windows platforms, based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. After an initial beta period, the game was first released in Hokkaido, Japan on November 17, 2016, and then released to the rest of the world on January 11, 2017. The Windows version was released worldwide via Steam and in Japan via Yahoo! Japan Games on November 17, 2017.

Trailer

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links trailer thumbnail

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Game Trailer Featuring: Mystic7 & ThatGrlTrish

≈997,378 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,010 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 1% of 14,082 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

3.7k1.2k2026-09-15 11:00 — 1,384 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,563 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,387 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,425 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,914 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,560 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,204 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,848 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,731 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,516 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,973 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,743 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2,135 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,031 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,786 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,087 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,572 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2,430 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,053 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,300 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2,709 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,369 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,010 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k1.4kNov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 9,690 · peak 15,338Feb 2018 — avg 9,719 · peak 13,477May 2018 — avg 8,387 · peak 12,017Aug 2018 — avg 5,719 · peak 8,382Nov 2018 — avg 6,683 · peak 10,499Feb 2019 — avg 6,690 · peak 10,063May 2019 — avg 7,560 · peak 11,149Aug 2019 — avg 6,008 · peak 9,508Nov 2019 — avg 5,960 · peak 8,779Feb 2020 — avg 5,807 · peak 10,458May 2020 — avg 8,588 · peak 13,896Aug 2020 — avg 7,656 · peak 11,011Nov 2020 — avg 8,253 · peak 11,299Feb 2021 — avg 8,719 · peak 12,586May 2021 — avg 9,351 · peak 15,216Aug 2021 — avg 10,061 · peak 14,198Nov 2021 — avg 8,659 · peak 12,422Feb 2022 — avg 3,883 · peak 5,746May 2022 — avg 3,519 · peak 5,047Aug 2022 — avg 3,203 · peak 4,906Nov 2022 — avg 3,358 · peak 5,324Feb 2023 — avg 3,193 · peak 4,773May 2023 — avg 3,382 · peak 5,339Aug 2023 — avg 2,927 · peak 4,052Nov 2023 — avg 3,102 · peak 4,467Feb 2024 — avg 3,508 · peak 5,323May 2024 — avg 3,003 · peak 4,506Aug 2024 — avg 2,443 · peak 3,373Nov 2024 — avg 2,433 · peak 3,642Feb 2025 — avg 2,214 · peak 3,192May 2025 — avg 2,250 · peak 3,837Aug 2025 — avg 1,728 · peak 2,350Nov 2025 — avg 1,811 · peak 2,527Feb 2026 — avg 2,060 · peak 3,117May 2026 — avg 1,824 · peak 2,866Aug 2026 — avg 1,607 · peak 2,379
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 10 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

80302026-06-02 — 55 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-10 — 40 pageviews2026-06-14 — 50 pageviews2026-06-18 — 40 pageviews2026-06-22 — 46 pageviews2026-06-26 — 40 pageviews2026-06-30 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-08 — 41 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 35 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 61 pageviews2026-08-01 — 52 pageviews2026-08-05 — 34 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-13 — 46 pageviews2026-08-17 — 54 pageviews2026-08-21 — 38 pageviews2026-08-25 — 50 pageviews2026-08-29 — 34 pageviews2026-09-02 — 56 pageviews2026-09-06 — 53 pageviews2026-09-10 — 75 pageviews2026-09-14 — 59 pageviews2026-09-18 — 59 pageviews2026-09-22 — 59 pageviews2026-09-26 — 53 pageviews2026-09-30 — 50 pageviews2026-10-04 — 58 pageviews2026-10-08 — 52 pageviews2026-10-12 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

71502026-09-30 21:34 — 600 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 423 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 170 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 188 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 255 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 530 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 163 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 222 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 133 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 163 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 192 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 219 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 115 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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