Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION
Digital Eclipse · KONAMI · 2025-02-27
Franchise: Yu-Gi-Oh! · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Releases: Feb 27, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))
Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION is packed with classic Yu-Gi-Oh! games from the very early days of Dueling — bursting with retro RPGs and strategic card games with beloved anime characters!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a video game compilation developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Konami, released in commemoration of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game's 25th anniversary. It contains emulated versions of the first 14 handheld games based on the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise, originally released between 1998 and 2004. Several of the included games were localized and released outside of Japan for the first time as part of the collection.
Health check
- · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
- · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (129 reviews).
- · Top 23% of 13,800 RPG games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 538 total reviews — how this is computed.
Review momentum
Attention
Completion
- · 10.3% of players earned The winds of change are blowing
- · 2.9% of players earned The unstoppable Exodia!
- · 1.7% of players earned You just activated my Trap card!
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 372 | 10% | 16 |
| Switch (Nintendo) | 332 | 0% | 0 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Player tags
PvPRPGAnimeRetroClassicViolentStrategyCard GameSimulationMultiplayer
Census log
- 2025-02-27First review activity on record (week of 2025-02-27).
- 2025-02-27Biggest review week on record: 129 reviews (week of 2025-02-27).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
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Similarity via IGDB.