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D&D Lords of Waterdeep
Lords of Waterdeep is an award winning strategy board game, set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of Waterdeep. Play as one of the masked Lords of the City of Splendor. Intrigue abounds as you recruit adventurers, via your agents, to quest on your behalf and spread your influence.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Worker placement strategy depth” (28 of 81 reviews) and “Smooth play with friends” (11); the most common complaint is “Clunky, unintuitive interface” (6). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
28 of the 81 reviews raise this.
11 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“The graphics bug sometimes but the game itself runs fine, great for asynchronous play with friends”
“Fun game. I think it is better in person with friends but when they can't play it is always a fun game on the computer to just see how good you can do.”
8 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Great digital version of the worker-placement board game. Easy pause, easy minimization, no bugs for me.”
7 of the 81 reviews raise this.
6 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“I have played this game for 15 years and never got sick of it.”
6 of the 81 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Near-perfect adaptation of a great board game. Some of the UI elements aren't the most intuitive, however, so you really need to play through all the tutorials to know what to do when you are given options by the game.”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The graphics bug sometimes but the game itself runs fine, great for asynchronous play with friends”
“I've had this game for at least 6 years. I played it yesterday and somehow it no longer works. Why do you screw around with log ins and the like? Just let me play my game”
4 of the 81 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“It's a faithful recreation of a fun board game. The UI works well and everything just works. The tutorials are good and the games against the AI are fun. A good option to play the game with friends who live far away and can't come over to board game night!”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“Simple and fun :) nice digital version of the actual board game”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“I love this board game. It's a fairly straightforward worker placement game, yet it's fun to build up some early advantages and then use them to drive your late game victory point push. I wish I could get this to the table in real-life more often, and I bought this digital…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update March 3, 2022
This is a small patch to fix some graphics issues for older operating systems. Thanks!
Update: Nov 24
This update fixes rules issues and includes graphics and game play optimizations. Thanks for playing!
New Waterdeep Update
This new Lords of Waterdeep build provides: - Updated Unity support - Game optimizations - Improvements to online gameplay - Rules and general bug fixes
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Board Game · Tabletop · Dungeons & Dragons · Fantasy · Turn-Based · Multiplayer · Asynchronous Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 76 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: Intel Pentium or AMD equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 256mb or ATI Radeon HD 5670 256mb or Intel HD Graphics 4600 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any Additional Notes: While Network Connection is not required it is recommended