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Drop Duchy Releases Free Demo With April Launch Window
You can playa totally free demo of the puzzle game Drop Duchy right now on Steam, as the team eye an April 2025 release window
Article Summary
- Experience a fresh take on puzzle gaming with Drop Duchy's farm to kingdom progression.
- Enjoy Drop Duchy's free demo on Steam and prep for its April 2025 launch.
- Unlock upgrades and customize decks to navigate varied terrain challenges.
- Fight Morden's Army across 110 maps with unique factions and card strategies.
Indie game developer Sleepy Mill Studio and publisher The Arcade Crew released a free demo for their new puzzle game, Drop Duchy, along with a timeframe for the full game to come out. First off, you can play the demo right now on Steam, giving you a hearty sampling of the title as you'll use puzzle mechanics to build a farm into a town and then into a kingdom that needs defending. Second, while an official date wasn't announced, the team confirmed it would be released sometime in April 2025. Enjoy the latest trailer here before playing the new demo.
Drop Duchy
Drop Duchy takes on the iconic geometric puzzle gameplay we all know and love with a fresh perspective: instead of simply clearing lines, you'll be thoughtfully building a realm using pieces of various shapes and types to overcome enemy challenges. Choosing which structures are placed next to blocks of lush forests, streams or grassy plains dictates whether the land's resources can be optimally utilized while growing a bustling realm. But extra goods aren't the only thing at stake; mercenary camps will also benefit when placed beside certain terrain, calling for a challenging balance of earning perks while denying foes critical advantages before a climactic clash of forces.
The intuitive, puzzle-esque nature of placing pieces makes Drop Duchy's rewarding complexity welcoming to all. Well-played rounds lead a kingdom's forces to branch, decision-packed routes in a grand march to storm an enemy fortress. Unlock upgrades and modifiers in the form of cards, gaining new bonus-granting structures, boosts to soldier recruitment & resource gathering, and other perks through deep deck customization. Should forces fall before claiming the fortress as their own, jumping into a new round to experiment with an altered strategy takes a matter of seconds. New factions and modifiers await the most formidable leaders, keeping Drop Duchy's gameplay loop of block stacking, deck customization, and decision-making fresh in challenge and opportunity. A delightful maquette-inspired aesthetic adds charm to Drop Duchy's moment-to-moment action, upholding a cheery sense of adventure. Regardless of the battles and scenarios at hand, Drop Duchy's challenge constantly feels exciting and packed with possibilities.
- An original mix of puzzle gameplay and real-time strategy.
- Meta progression: 50 challenges designed to help you through your journey.
- A brand new game experience with each run, thanks to procedural generation.
- Battle Morden's Army in 110 hand-crafted maps and 20 different mission types.
- Play with 3 Factions: The Duchy, The Order, The Republic.
- Build the perfect deck with 80 unique cards.
- An elegant and charming art direction to please your eyes.
- An engaging and ever-evolving soundtrack to please your ears.
- Choose your path between lakes, glades, forests, villages, guilds… and more!
