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Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator

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App ID 1227280
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher tinyBuild
Franchise tinyBuild
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31359974
Last Record Update 28 September 2025 – 23:08:04 UTC ()
Release Date 29 September 2022 – 15:59:27 UTC ()
😎 81.24%
3k reviews
31
In-Game
🧼 Auto Battler 👻 Roguelike 👾 Pixel Graphics 🤔 Tactical 🎲 RPG

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!

Additional Information

Developer Konfa Games
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher tinyBuild
Store Release Date 29 September 2022 – 15:59:36 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/XS7S76WJe5
https://x.com/DespotsGames
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0nPxE-xCKkeW2cliZ0a8Fw
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 29 September 2022 – 15:59:27 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 April 2025 – 10:20:32 UTC () (1745922032)
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schineseDespot's Game 暴君的游戏
review_score 8
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, UnityBurst SDK, UnityIL2CPP SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 26 May 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 11207354
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Early Access Release Date 14 October 2021 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 14 January 2020 – 09:13:03 UTC (), in changelist #7534000

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🧼 Auto Battler 👻 Roguelike 👾 Pixel Graphics 🤔 Tactical 🌱 Indie 🎲 RPG 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🏽 2D 🗿 Dark Humor 👻 Roguelite 👤 Singleplayer 💡 Strategy 🗺️ Adventure 🌲 Survival 🕒 Asynchronous Multiplayer 🌫 Atmospheric 🏰 Dungeon Crawler 🔀 Procedural Generation 🔄 Replay Value 🎲 Turn-Based

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player PvP

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp10 September 2025 – 19:20:01 UTC
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Bundles

ID Name Set % Price Created
23149 Despot's Game: Collector's Edition Yes -10% $28.77 14 October 2021 – 20:03:00 UTC
35421 Despot's Bundle No -15% $28.02 9 November 2023 – 17:09:04 UTC
43641 Despot's Game + Gladiator Guild Manager No -15% $29.73 25 July 2024 – 13:05:57 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Price Last Update
748566 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator $19.99 6 October 2025 – 17:33:43 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
425374 Steam Sub 425374 CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:37:54 UTC
425375 Despot's Game for Beta Testing CD Key 29 September 2022 – 18:19:13 UTC
425376 Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder Store or CD Key 27 May 2025 – 23:10:47 UTC
639955 Steam Sub 639955 (Only 14 countries) CD Key 30 September 2022 – 10:34:42 UTC
639956 Steam Sub 639956 (Only 23 countries) CD Key 30 September 2022 – 10:34:55 UTC
639957 Despot's Game (ROW) (Not in 38 countries) CD Key 30 September 2022 – 10:35:24 UTC
643432 Steam Sub 643432 No Cost 14 October 2021 – 14:57:16 UTC
779430 Steam Sub 779430 (Only CN) CD Key 4 October 2022 – 22:36:51 UTC
779431 Steam Sub 779431 (Only 14 countries) CD Key 4 October 2022 – 22:36:51 UTC
779432 Steam Sub 779432 (Only 23 countries) CD Key 4 October 2022 – 22:36:51 UTC
779433 Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder (ROW) (Not in 38 countries) CD Key 4 October 2022 – 22:36:51 UTC

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