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Duelyst GG

Duelyst is a unique hybrid 1v1 card game where you play your units and spells onto a 9x5 board where you can position them to your advantage. You can pick from different generals with unique Bloodbound spells. All 800+ cards are unlocked so you can play anything you want from the start.

Released Jan 28, 2023 Developer Distant Melody Studio Platforms Windows Strategy Board Game Card Game Card Battler Trading Card Game

View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

80.8%positive73 reviews

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I've missed Duelyst. I've enjoyed the music, Sarlac the Eternal, and playing with my friend. Scarzig backstab is brutal.”

— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's a fun game. I don't know what else i can say. The card interactions are interesting. The strategic board play is interesting. But the obvious thing is nobody is playing, so you can have some fun playing the ai. I wish the ai had more decks. Then it would at least be a fun…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Thank you. <3 Duelyst with all cards no grind<3”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

11achievements

1.8%median completion

0.0%rarest: Master Tactician

Almost everyone has

13.6%First Blood — Win 1 ranked match.

3.8%Bring down the Beast — Defeat the World Eater

2.3%Tranquillity — Defeat Drixeor

Rarest badges of honor

0.0%Master Tactician — Win 100 Gauntlet matches.

0.4%A collection of skulls — Win 100 ranked matches

0.5%Power Overwhelming — Kill the enemy General with a Worldcore Golem in a ranked or gauntlet match.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 22, 2026
January 2026 - patch!

Equipment will now drop on the nearest open tile following a set pattern of preference. Dispelling a General now removes 1 durability from all equiped artifacts. Fixed a bug where equipment effects co

Feb 28, 2025
Fusion weekend: Concordat of six

This weekend, come mix your favorite factions or uncover the ultimate combos. From 28 February to 3 March

Jan 15, 2025
Aspects

Reintroduced Trials as "Aspects". Aspects are 0 mana cards that gives their owner permanent advantage and disadvantage. Like trials they are also added to the starting hand as a 6'th card. If the play

Aug 20, 2024
20th August 2024 - patch

Added a visual indicator when selecting a Ranged unit to show it's range on the board. Introduced "Reach". Spell, opening gambit and ability effects now all have a "Reach". It is similiar to ranged in

Aug 01, 2024
1st August 2024- BIG patch

We have made huge changes. We've nerfed all removal, Changed the ranged keyword and creep tiles, reworked a bunch of underplayed cards into new ones and balanced a lot more. We removed a few cards, mo

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

Genres	Strategy
Player tags	Strategy · Board Game · Card Game · Card Battler · Trading Card Game · Turn-Based Tactics · 2.5D · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Dark Fantasy · Fantasy · Magic (Steam store community voting)
Features	Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
Languages	English
Achievements	11
Official site	https://duelyst.gg

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 7 Processor: 1.5Ghz dual-core Intel Core i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL 3.1+ Compliant Storage: 3 GB available space