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Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Drop Duchy is a puzzle, strategy and rogue-like game
developed by Sleepy Mill Studio
and published by The Arcade Crew.
Released on May 05th 2025 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Ukrainian.
It has received 1,366 reviews of which 1,225 were positive and 141 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 12.74€ on Steam with a 15% discount, but you can find it for 10.59€ on Instant Gaming.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-650 or AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 TI, 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB or Intel ARC A380, 6 GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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What I love: The gameplay. The premise. The art. The music. The sounds. The FEELING. What I HATE: No Banish mechanic. Unlocking new cards bloats your card pool with biomes and buildings I dont want, especially when using certain classes. There has to be a way to relock certain cards or banish cards within a run to all for more precise build making. As it stands, im currently deliberately avoiding unlocking new cards until i beat the hardest difficulty with "The Duchy" because I think it's easier than unlocking all of the cards and constantly getting stuff I don't want, ESPECIALLY River tiles, which are practically useless for "The Duchy" Class. This should be the dev's highest priority in the first update.
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A profoundly multidimensional puzzle roguelite that takes the gameplay of Tetris and adds a ton of new considerations like terrain type, building alignment, a Fire Emblem-esque weapon triangle, and short term/long term resource prioritization. Even beyond the complexity of the base gameplay, there are significant playstyle differences between the three factions that add a lot of variety between runs. The Duchy plays like a more traditional Tetris game, the Republic is a Tetris citybuilder, and the Order is all about maximizing terrain bonuses for your central building, providing progression outside your deck through the expedition. All three factions are a lot of fun, and ask you to prioritize different aspects of the gameplay. I find the game fairly difficult due to the number of things you have to consider in any given round, but unlike most Tetris games you have practically unlimited time to make your decisions on normal difficulty, making it a lot less overwhelming than it could be otherwise. The metaprogression does a good job in keeping the game from getting overwhelming too quickly, while providing incentives and increased difficulty for longtime players. Overall, Drop Duchy is one of the most interesting and unique roguelites I've played, and I'd recommend it to anyone remotely interested in puzzle games or roguelites. Nitpick/recommendation: I'd advocate for a future banishment/toggle system for the upgrades. Your deck dilutes when you unlock new items, making the game harder even without changing the difficulty, and it can become overwhelming if players haven't developed their understanding of the base mechanics fully before unlocking additional ones.
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This game is amazing and gets an easy recommendation from me. Never in my wildest fantasies I would imagine a blend between rogue-like, tetris, kingdom building and rock-paper-scissors battles. The game really entices you to play to the best capabilities of your deck of buildings and select regions that fit them in order to mitigate RNG problems - and always remember, that at its core, this game is a battler, so make sure you are well stacked when it comes to throwing down with the enemy - because in this game, clearing a line does not make the whole set of blocks go down, but instead counts as an "explored" region and gives you the full amount of resources that the line has (gold, wood, stone, wheat, etc.) So, the GOOD: 1. Exciting and innovative gameplay - this game mashes an impossible genre combination to create a fun game loop and entice you to play more, unlock, and experiment with different loadouts of buildings. 2. Use your brain! - this is a great logic game with an RNG twist. This is not real tetris, so making weird line combinations or building a spire/weird shape on one side of the board in no way, shape, or form will hinder your progress. Clearing every line is nice, but far from mandatory. This is both tetris and non-tetris: use the game as tetris when you need to (always fun to clear a 4-row exploration), or play it like it presents its tiles to you. 3. Tons of unlockables - I cleared the Duchy without even unlocking one part of the unlocks tree because I really wanted to delve in it the way I wanted, and not just go unlock by unlock. It is massive and can really help your gameplay, improve it with new gameplay mechanics, which is always good fun. And about that... 4. You have multiple kingdoms to play with, with greatly differing mechanics to keep the game fun. Some kingdoms like balance and upgrade buildings with a combo of resources. others like gold, and so on. This greatly adds to the replayability. 5. Achievements, unlockables and quests happen naturally as you play which for me makes it even more fun. The Devs basic idea is - just have fun, most of it will happen as you go. The BAD: 1. RNG can never be understated. You can be having a great run and a few bad decisions plus RNG can ruin a map and make you lose a lot of "Defense", ergo HP. Get it down to 0 and you suffer defeat. 2. Weirdly enough, I had a bit of a frame drop when I act too fast and the game needs to recalculate which tiles get improved, resources are collected, and troops go to their respective camps. All in all, I can only recommend this game. It is a great time sink and allows for great replayability, along with smart brains coming up with crazy combos to beat any boss. The progression is organic, the unlocks and achievements come naturally, and the quests are usually the type of "don't worry about me, just play the game and have fun". So what is not to like for something that costs 13 EUR and you can double or triple your playtime versus its cost? For me, 1 EUR = 2 Hours/3 Hours means a game is well worth it. I know, I have high standards...
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I want to rush a review, because that's how you make beautiful, replayable, and original games that hook the player from the opening screen and his first run! points of interest (their description fully explain what do you expect): + beautiful visuals and music + functional UI + lots of meta-progression + beloved tetrus puzzles + trully strategic choices (not just +1 +2 cards) + replayability and hook-ability out of this game world!!! Be blessed, design team! trully, how do you manage this achievement!?
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I played Drop Duchy extensively during the demo and immediately bought the game when it fully came out. Roguelite, puzzle, city-builder Tetris is a very unique game genre, but it does an amazing job of pulling it off. Building up your card selection and board is satisfying, and each round feels different as you try to maximize your adjacency bonuses while balancing it with trying to make it tightly packed and get the most resources every round. If that wasn't enough, there is even a unique combat system in this game where you have to try to place your own military buildings (of 3 classes, each of which counter another like in rock-paper-scissors) and get bonuses for fulfilling their requirements while also being forced to place enemy military buildings to try to minimize the bonus troops they get. It's a really fun puzzle, and an extensive progress tree means you're always unlocking new mechanics and tile types for your future run. If you like roguelike games, I would highly recommend it.
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Drop Duchy is currently priced at 12.74€ on Steam.
Drop Duchy is currently available at a 15% discount. You can purchase it for 12.74€ on Steam.
Drop Duchy received 1,225 positive votes out of a total of 1,366 achieving a rating of 8.52.
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Drop Duchy was developed by Sleepy Mill Studio and published by The Arcade Crew.
Drop Duchy is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Drop Duchy is not playable on MacOS.
Drop Duchy is not playable on Linux.
Drop Duchy is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Drop Duchy. Explore additional content available for Drop Duchy on Steam.
Drop Duchy does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Drop Duchy does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Sleepy Mill Studio
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