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Dead Man's Draw

Dead Man's Draw

Dead Man’s Draw is a simple and strategic game of luck and skill that boils down strategy gameplay into a single, tense decision.

Released Feb 6, 2014 Developer Stardock Entertainment Platforms Windows Card BattlerCasualPvETurn-BasedCard Game
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.

83.4%positive644 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Played this game a lot a number of years ago (2016). I have never forgotten how much fun I had whilst playing. Its worth a punt.”

— a player, Steam review · 98 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's basically a game that you would buy in a board game shop. unfortunately I grew distant towards games like that/this. It's a fun little card game. NOT a deck builder (which I liked honestly). A lot of luck chance. This game is good to play instead of slot machines, I guess :…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
1,355all-time peak
0 50 100 2015 2017 2019 2021 56 avg · Feb 2020

Latest official news

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Feb 19, 2014
Dead Man's Draw v1.01 Released

The first patch for Dead Man's Draw makes improvements to the AI and user interface, plus rebalances the Casanova trait to avoid some combos we felt were a little too good. A few bugs have also been s

Feb 19, 2014
Dead Man's Draw v1.01 Released

The first patch for Dead Man's Draw makes improvements to the AI and user interface, plus rebalances the Casanova trait to avoid some combos we felt were a little too good. A few bugs have also been s

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsCard Battler · Casual · PvE · Turn-Based · Card Game · Strategy · 2D · Turn-Based Tactics · Deckbuilding · Stylized · Hand-drawn · Pirates (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements20
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.deadmansdrawgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista SP2 Processor: Any x86 Compatible CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 1.5 or Higher Compatible Video Card Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: Additional Notes: 1024x768 and 16-bit or higher color depth required