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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

KONAMI · 2022-01-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategyFree To Play

Franchise: Yu-Gi-Oh! · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 02, 2022 (iOS), Jan 19, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), TBD (Android), Jan 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jan 19, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL is the ultimate free-to-play cross-platform strategy card game with fast-paced Duels, stunning HD graphics and a new, dynamic soundtrack! Get ready to challenge Duelists around the world!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a 2022 Simulation, Strategy, and Free To Play title that is free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 100,686 reviews).

9,828
playing now
71%
positive of 102k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
878
twitch viewers (latest)
12.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
1,263
Nexus mods (3.3M downloads)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (26,448 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 72% recommend · from 18 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

9,828 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free-to-play digital collectible card game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, developed and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS.

Trailer

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel trailer thumbnail

Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL – launch trailer – 19.01.2022

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 9,828 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 7,449 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~931/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 9 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20222026Week of 2022-01-01: 15,501 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,706 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8,977 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,605 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,572 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,135 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,870 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 827 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,765 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 690 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 426 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 419 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,905 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 555 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,450 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 545 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,195 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 466 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 434 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 428 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 340 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 298 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 426 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 362 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 329 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,321 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 692 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 954 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 600 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 461 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 440 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 480 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 481 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 448 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 527 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 515 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,514 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 636 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 438 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 429 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 397 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 372 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 476 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 491 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 443 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 143 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

36k1.9k2026-09-14 23:00 — 10,324 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 9,923 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 21,426 players2026-09-18 13:00 — 21,642 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 21,397 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 22,790 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 19,313 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 19,026 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 17,631 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 18,800 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 17,899 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 18,446 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 17,948 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 17,782 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 19,531 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 20,220 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 16,494 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 17,090 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 17,555 players2026-10-04 13:00 — 16,889 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 16,240 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 36,224 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 24,837 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 23,520 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 21,966 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 21,780 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 20,689 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 19,987 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 19,829 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 25,902 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 9,828 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
162k12kJan 2022Aug 2026Jan 2022 — avg 162,322 · peak 262,333Mar 2022 — avg 49,131 · peak 119,337May 2022 — avg 35,707 · peak 102,062Jul 2022 — avg 22,270 · peak 66,722Sep 2022 — avg 19,748 · peak 46,106Nov 2022 — avg 15,945 · peak 32,915Jan 2023 — avg 18,066 · peak 34,945Mar 2023 — avg 24,652 · peak 45,238May 2023 — avg 19,623 · peak 38,970Jul 2023 — avg 17,839 · peak 41,770Sep 2023 — avg 19,147 · peak 39,613Nov 2023 — avg 17,455 · peak 37,346Jan 2024 — avg 16,968 · peak 35,876Mar 2024 — avg 21,749 · peak 41,719May 2024 — avg 19,163 · peak 43,569Jul 2024 — avg 17,473 · peak 38,814Sep 2024 — avg 19,449 · peak 35,089Nov 2024 — avg 18,539 · peak 39,554Jan 2025 — avg 16,044 · peak 31,192Mar 2025 — avg 19,070 · peak 35,611May 2025 — avg 17,272 · peak 39,105Jul 2025 — avg 14,940 · peak 40,922Sep 2025 — avg 12,321 · peak 25,603Nov 2025 — avg 14,469 · peak 32,222Jan 2026 — avg 14,258 · peak 30,329Mar 2026 — avg 14,606 · peak 27,747May 2026 — avg 13,105 · peak 27,084Jul 2026 — avg 11,890 · peak 25,209Aug 2026 — avg 14,276 · peak 40,706
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#45#592026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #502026-09-15 — #462026-09-16 — #462026-09-17 — #462026-09-18 — #462026-09-19 — #502026-09-20 — #512026-09-21 — #522026-09-22 — #512026-09-23 — #482026-09-24 — #462026-09-25 — #462026-09-26 — #462026-09-27 — #522026-09-28 — #532026-09-29 — #472026-09-30 — #452026-10-01 — #452026-10-02 — #492026-10-03 — #492026-10-04 — #532026-10-05 — #592026-10-06 — #552026-10-07 — #452026-10-08 — #452026-10-09 — #492026-10-10 — #502026-10-11 — #552026-10-12 — #582026-10-13 — #572026-10-14 — #57
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
32322026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 8 new positive2026-09-15: 11 new negative2026-09-16: 9 new positive2026-09-16: 10 new negative2026-09-17: 8 new positive2026-09-17: 3 new negative2026-09-18: 10 new positive2026-09-18: 6 new negative2026-09-19: 3 new positive2026-09-19: 19 new negative2026-09-20: 7 new positive2026-09-20: 17 new negative2026-09-21: 7 new positive2026-09-21: 11 new negative2026-09-22: 32 new positive2026-09-22: 19 new negative2026-09-23: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new negative2026-09-24: 13 new positive2026-09-24: 14 new negative2026-09-25: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 12 new negative2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 11 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 15 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new negative2026-09-30: 15 new positive2026-09-30: 14 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 8 new negative2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 13 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 9 new negative2026-10-05: 14 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new negative2026-10-06: 25 new positive2026-10-06: 26 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 15 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 13 new negative2026-10-09: 8 new positive2026-10-09: 16 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 18 new negative2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 13 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 12 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002022-01-192026-10-142022-01-19 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

185672026-05-28 — 99 pageviews2026-06-01 — 103 pageviews2026-06-05 — 136 pageviews2026-06-09 — 125 pageviews2026-06-13 — 115 pageviews2026-06-17 — 73 pageviews2026-06-21 — 106 pageviews2026-06-25 — 67 pageviews2026-06-29 — 86 pageviews2026-07-03 — 89 pageviews2026-07-07 — 73 pageviews2026-07-11 — 83 pageviews2026-07-15 — 80 pageviews2026-07-19 — 77 pageviews2026-07-23 — 81 pageviews2026-07-27 — 77 pageviews2026-07-31 — 76 pageviews2026-08-04 — 74 pageviews2026-08-08 — 79 pageviews2026-08-12 — 103 pageviews2026-08-16 — 89 pageviews2026-08-20 — 91 pageviews2026-08-24 — 89 pageviews2026-08-28 — 96 pageviews2026-09-01 — 119 pageviews2026-09-05 — 107 pageviews2026-09-09 — 185 pageviews2026-09-13 — 117 pageviews2026-09-17 — 105 pageviews2026-09-21 — 117 pageviews2026-09-25 — 96 pageviews2026-09-29 — 100 pageviews2026-10-03 — 105 pageviews2026-10-07 — 87 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.8k2692026-09-30 23:34 — 372 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 332 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 1,812 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 697 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 2,136 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 780 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 565 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 611 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 792 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 499 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 677 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 4,293 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 413 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 1,402 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 1,636 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 2,087 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 2,249 viewers2026-10-07 01:12 — 3,695 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 773 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 807 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 1,556 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 1,700 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 981 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 605 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 3,049 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 761 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 481 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 761 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 627 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 403 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 2,659 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 865 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 588 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 1,248 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 594 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 1,711 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 1,175 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 677 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 973 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 878 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Welcome to MASTER DUEL"
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47,3708%11
PS4 (PlayStation)36,8874%11
PS5 (PlayStation)23,9077%11
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)16,6436%11
Switch (Nintendo)1,0790%0

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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