Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Is Already One of The Top Games on Steam

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duelhas managed to become one of the top games on Steam within the space of a week. This has put the game in the same league as titles like Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 in terms of active players.

The TCG tie-inYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free-to-play digital card game, which is set to become the Yu-Gi-Oh! equivalent to games like Magic: The Gathering Arena, in that it is a continuous service that is updated alongside the real card game. There have been a number of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games released over the years, dating back to the original Game Boy, but Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel will be the digital platform that will house the game for years to come and allow players to duel each other across all modern devices.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel launched on January 19 and it has been well-received by the fans. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has cross-save on all platforms, so fans can enjoy it across multiple devices. It didn't take long for Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel to leave its mark on the PC gaming market, as the official Steam website lists it as number four on its top games list. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel hit a peak player number of nearly a quarter of a million people today alone, putting it ahead of games like Grand Theft Auto V and Rust. The three games ahead of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel are PUBG: Battlegrounds, Dota 2, and Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

The success of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel can be attributed to something that the top four games all have in common, as they're all free-to-play games. PUBG saw a 486% player spike when it went free-to-play, which shows how much of an audience can be drawn when there is no cost for entry. It's common