How Many Dudes?

Buy89%

Very Positive · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Butterscotch Shenanigans · Strategy · Jul 30, 2026

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Concurrent players not sampled yet.

All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
69
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio1 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy How Many Dudes??

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 117 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise22% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
117 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Tl;dr - very fun for the first 5 hours, could be fun for 100+ hours with changes to the progression system.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There's a lot to discover, and all the different dude types feel unique and add something different to the roster.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Runs real stable on old betsy and on my steam deck. fun game liking the dude character abilities/combos and enemies
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It has great quality behind the UI, the ideas for the characters and powers, the sound design and UI.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay117 reviews
Characters12 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Graphics
83% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
76% still recommend
Combat
86% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Mouse Only Option
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Timeline
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Touch Only Option

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $9.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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