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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel cover art

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

KONAMI · 2022-01-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategyFree To Play

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

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).

15,954
playing now
71%
positive of 101k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
544
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

15,954 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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
  • · 15,954 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 7,642 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~955/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 6,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 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: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 124 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

26k8.9k2026-08-06 16:00 — 17,947 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 19,029 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 12,671 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 24,361 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 20,277 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 14,927 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 16,664 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 13,787 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 17,886 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 14,077 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 9,986 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 20,170 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 14,011 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 12,838 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 16,424 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 13,264 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 17,216 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 16,438 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 10,591 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 22,055 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 13,303 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 13,282 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 15,180 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 12,059 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 17,651 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 15,996 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 10,611 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 19,247 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 12,177 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 11,598 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 13,315 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 10,796 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 14,673 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 11,385 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 8,936 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 17,507 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 13,977 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 10,123 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 15,650 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 15,954 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#42#512026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #512026-08-07 — #512026-08-08 — #512026-08-09 — #512026-08-10 — #512026-08-11 — #512026-08-12 — #492026-08-13 — #472026-08-14 — #472026-08-15 — #482026-08-16 — #492026-08-17 — #512026-08-18 — #492026-08-19 — #472026-08-20 — #422026-08-21 — #422026-08-22 — #432026-08-23 — #442026-08-24 — #512026-08-25 — #462026-08-26 — #442026-08-27 — #442026-08-28 — #462026-08-29 — #472026-08-30 — #50
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
25252026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 17 new positive2026-08-07: 11 new negative2026-08-08: 13 new positive2026-08-08: 16 new negative2026-08-09: 16 new positive2026-08-09: 25 new negative2026-08-10: 14 new positive2026-08-10: 19 new negative2026-08-11: 15 new positive2026-08-11: 24 new negative2026-08-12: 11 new positive2026-08-12: 18 new negative2026-08-14: 14 new positive2026-08-14: 19 new negative2026-08-15: 14 new positive2026-08-15: 9 new negative2026-08-16: 19 new positive2026-08-16: 10 new negative2026-08-17: 14 new positive2026-08-17: 22 new negative2026-08-18: 14 new positive2026-08-18: 8 new negative2026-08-19: 12 new positive2026-08-19: 11 new negative2026-08-20: 20 new positive2026-08-20: 8 new negative2026-08-21: 13 new positive2026-08-21: 8 new negative2026-08-22: 22 new positive2026-08-22: 16 new negative2026-08-23: 18 new positive2026-08-23: 15 new negative2026-08-24: 12 new positive2026-08-24: 14 new negative2026-08-25: 11 new positive2026-08-25: 12 new negative2026-08-26: 9 new positive2026-08-26: 22 new negative2026-08-27: 13 new positive2026-08-27: 8 new negative2026-08-28: 13 new positive2026-08-28: 8 new negative2026-08-29: 11 new positive2026-08-29: 19 new negative2026-08-30: 16 new positive2026-08-30: 11 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

136642026-05-28 — 99 pageviews2026-05-31 — 108 pageviews2026-06-03 — 102 pageviews2026-06-06 — 86 pageviews2026-06-09 — 125 pageviews2026-06-12 — 119 pageviews2026-06-15 — 108 pageviews2026-06-18 — 87 pageviews2026-06-21 — 106 pageviews2026-06-24 — 98 pageviews2026-06-27 — 99 pageviews2026-06-30 — 92 pageviews2026-07-03 — 89 pageviews2026-07-06 — 89 pageviews2026-07-09 — 95 pageviews2026-07-12 — 87 pageviews2026-07-15 — 80 pageviews2026-07-18 — 90 pageviews2026-07-21 — 87 pageviews2026-07-24 — 89 pageviews2026-07-27 — 77 pageviews2026-07-30 — 93 pageviews2026-08-02 — 73 pageviews2026-08-05 — 73 pageviews2026-08-08 — 79 pageviews2026-08-11 — 89 pageviews2026-08-14 — 90 pageviews2026-08-17 — 98 pageviews2026-08-20 — 91 pageviews2026-08-23 — 104 pageviews2026-08-25 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.8k2762026-08-17 00:12 — 3,632 viewers2026-08-23 23:12 — 3,874 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 1,124 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 640 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,285 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 505 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 388 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 345 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 523 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 597 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 517 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1,577 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 6,824 viewers2026-08-28 03:12 — 4,602 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 5,257 viewers2026-08-28 06:12 — 4,108 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4,307 viewers2026-08-28 09:12 — 4,209 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 372 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 692 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 688 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1,788 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 3,620 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1,941 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1,085 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 932 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 384 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,280 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 587 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1,788 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 580 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 1,847 viewers2026-08-30 05:12 — 3,496 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 5,310 viewers2026-08-30 08:12 — 5,036 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 479 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 513 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 544 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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