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Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep, varied team-building mechanics” (26 of 84 reviews) and “engaging asynchronous PvP and leaderboards” (13); the most common complaint is “stale, shallow autobattler loop” (16). 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 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 84 reviews raise this.
13 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“This game slaps. On multiple levels. Once you figure out how to "easy-win" the campaign, you won the game however, now you get thrown into the online leaderboards and have to fight with people who either suck or who…”
10 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“This game slaps. On multiple levels. Once you figure out how to "easy-win" the campaign, you won the game however, now you get thrown into the online leaderboards and have to fight with people who either suck or who…”
“Great roguelite autobattler! Amazing variability. Run perfect on steamdeck.”
8 of the 84 reviews raise this.
6 of the 84 reviews raise this.
16 of the 84 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 84 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“i really bought the game played it twice and forgot i had it. i havent played it since and never will.”
5 of the 84 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 84 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 84 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game , auto battler rouge , theres learning curve but does not take more than a day to be beaten lol on easy . Wallet approved.”
Counted across 84 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Not gonna lie, I DID expect a bit more, but at the end of the day it's an auto battler with some replayability, some different modifiers/modes, and an asynchronous multiplayer, where you fight other players' teams after you win the game (or in between in 1 mode) for ... nothing,…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Some of the mechanics feel a bit confusing at first. Example: Magic Damage (Still king of confusing) Anyway the game has depth and fun game modes. King of the hill is a cool multiplayer without feeling overly competitive or stressful. 41 hours in and I can say that I have gotten…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“It is a fun game, but feels more like a very long demo than anything else. The design of the runs doesn't feel very intentional, and a quite dislike the progression compared to what it could be. However, like I said before, it can still be fun. Grab it on a sale if you want to…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 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
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
King of the Hill Season 60: Season of Raging Malice
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King of the Hill Season 59: Season of Humanflation
• Seasonal Mutation: Season of Humanflation • Welcome to the The Season of of Humanflation Meet Season 59 — the Season of Humanflation. Human prices in the shop have gone up — in modes both with and w
King of the Hill Season 58: The Season of the (Despot's) Invisible Hand
• Seasonal Mutation: Season of Natural Selection • Welcome to the The Season of the (Despot's) Invisible Hand Say hello to Season 58 — the Season of the (Despot's) Invisible Hand. Now the reroll cost
King of the Hill Season 57: Season of Natural Selection
• Seasonal Mutation: Season of Natural Selection • Meanwhile, the Season of Solstice has come to an end. Seasonal changes (reduced negative effects of cursed mutations) are leaving the game. Welcome t
King of the Hill Season 56: Season of Solstice
• Seasonal Mutation: Season of Solstice •Meanwhile, the Season of Inspiration has come to an end. Seasonal changes (reduced mana cost of abilities gained through mutations) stays in the game for now.
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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 | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Auto Battler · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-like · Tactical · Indie · RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · 2D · Dark Humor · Rogue-lite · Singleplayer · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 36 |
| Official site | https://www.despotsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel i5-7500 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 670 / Radeon HD 7970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: ○△□