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Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator

Released Aug 9, 2022 · early access since Oct 14, 2021 · Steam app 1227280

Right now

Steam players since we started tracking · updated 15:00 UTC

Playing now

at 15:00 UTC

24-hour peak

All-time peak

1,447

monthly peak, Oct 2021

24h change

+21%

average vs the day before

Twitch viewers

—

none tracked

Best price

—

Prices

No prices tracked for this game yet.

Players over time

Log scale

Latest: 14 players
Peak · 48h: 20 players
Average · 48h: 12 players
Lowest · 48h: 7 players

Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 PM: 14 players

What stands out

-30%Players since 21:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
20Today’s peak was 43% above the current count.

All-time peak

1,447

Highest monthly peak on record, in Oct 2021. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 20.

Month by month

Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2026
Novemberso far	14	+0.9%0	20
October	14	-39%-9	40
September	23	+44%+7	63
August	16	-5.9%-1	42
July	17	-11%-2	37
June	19	-5%-1	45
May	20	+25%+4	55
April	16	-11%-2	43
March	18	+29%+4	36
February	14	-39%-9	36
January	23	+28%+5	53
2025
December	18	-5.3%-1	44

Show all 62 months

Month	Average players	Change from the month before	Peak players
2025
November	19	+5.6%+1	42
October	18	-14%-3	41
September	21	0%0	84
August	21	+5%+1	52
July	20	+11%+2	45
June	18	-5.3%-1	42
May	19	-21%-5	55
April	24	+14%+3	57
March	21	0%0	45
February	21	0%0	59
January	21	-32%-10	53
2024
December	31	-3.1%-1	58
November	32	+28%+7	99
October	25	-42%-18	60
September	43	+87%+20	108
August	23	-30%-10	48
July	33	+14%+4	75
June	29	-26%-10	79
May	39	+15%+5	89
April	34	-8.1%-3	95
March	37	+12%+4	98
February	33	-30%-14	98
January	47	-6%-3	103
2023
December	50	-31%-22	100
November	72	+95%+35	245
October	37	-14%-6	72
September	43	+4.9%+2	125
August	41	0%0	102
July	41	+24%+8	84
June	33	-45%-27	69
May	60	+46%+19	258
April	41	-32%-19	71
March	60	+58%+22	137
February	38	-31%-17	74
January	55	-25%-18	114
2022
December	73	-19%-17	133
November	90	-68%-193	196
October	283	+254%+203	920
September	80	-43%-60	782
August	140	+186%+91	367
July	49	+11%+5	265
June	44	-34%-23	98
May	67	+22%+12	167
April	55	+15%+7	129
March	48	-43%-36	98
February	84	-32%-39	235
January	123	-30%-52	246
2021
December	175	-42%-125	323
November	300	-58%-417	764
Octoberbest month	717	—	1,447

Players since 2021

Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.

Busiest month: 717 players on average; October 2021
All-time peak: 1,447 players at once; October 2021
Last 12 months: -18.7%; 18 players on average, against 22 the year before

October 2026: 14 players on average, peak 40 · Point at a bar for its numbers.

average players (bars)
peak players (line)

Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.

Launched in October 2021: up to 717 players on average in its first three months · 283 a year later: 39% of its launch crowd
Usually busiest in November: 27% above its trend, over 3 years

On Twitch

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Videos

From YouTube

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About the game

Release date: Aug 9, 2022
Early access: Oct 14, 2021
All-time peak reached: Oct 2021 · 1,447
Tracked by PixelKrypt since: Oct 26, 2026
Steam app id: 1227280

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