Drop Duchy Reviews
Drop Duchy is a fantastic addition to the deck-building genre, with a Tetris hybridisation that works slickly with all the other systems in the game. If you like relaxing but challenging games where you look at the clock and it’s suddenly 2am, Drop Duchy should definitely be on your radar. I’m looking forward to seeing what this team does next.
An inventive blend of easy-going Tetris with roguelite deck building and strategy, Drop Duchy is another great puzzle game to sink into in 2025. You can feel like you've seen it all after a few successful runs, but there's depths and further challenges to take on for those who want to shoot for high scores.
Build a card deck of landscape features; organise your territory on a Tetris-like playfield; battle enemies and bosses to progress. It might sound complicated, but this is an ingenious experiment in game design by combination
Drop Duchy mixes Tetris, deckbuilding and roguelite in a hybrid that is surprising for the fluidity of its gameplay. It can be frustrating at times, but the challenge progression system helps you give yourself one last run. And the very last one. And the very very last one.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Drop Duchy works exceptionally well as the smoothness of its core loop expertly slides you from one design quirk to the next, layering them until you're left with a unique gem. With a delightful aesthetic and an expert understanding of how to meld genres and add twists on classic mechanics to create a compelling and original new game, Drop Duchy is a great purchase for fans of any of its many genres, and a must-have if you're fond of them all.
Drop Duchy feels like Tetris blended with a board game. You must be strategic with your placement - just clearing lines won't be enough to ensure your victory!
Drop Duchy is the kind of indie you want to tell your friends about. It’s unexpected, inventive, and more strategic than its colorful aesthetic suggests. Whether you’re optimizing a farming loop or planning a triple-synergy tile combo, every move feels meaningful. It doesn’t need an epic story or blockbuster graphics—it’s about systems, creativity, and problem-solving. And in that respect, Drop Duchy is a masterclass.
Drop Duchy has a clever and engaging tile-based strategy concept blending Tetris and deckbuilding, with strong combo potential and rewarding planning. However, its steep learning curve, lack of in-game clarity, reliance on RNG, and grind-heavy progression hold it back from reaching greater heights. It’s a niche but appealing experience for players who love complex systems and board game-style strategy.
Drop Duchy, with its inspired, refined combination of genres, has the makings of a breakout hit.
As much as Drop Duchy is inspired by the iconic Tetris formula, it forgets two of the biggest elements that made the original timeless: How simple and addictive Tetris was. However, what Drop Duchy lacks in these areas, it balances with innovation, strategic depth and variety to provide an extremely unique experience that somehow adds meaningful change to a timeless genre. While Drop Duchy likely won't win over fans of rogue-lites, fans of deck-builders and strategy games should be hooked.
Everything combines to create an incredibly addictive game. Drop Duchy throws you into its gameplay immediately, not bothering with too much story in a similar vein as Slay the Spire. You’re here for the gameplay, and boy does it deliver.
Drop Duchy is a good mix of Tetris and medieval strategy, created by Sleepy Mill Studio, challenging players to build kingdoms and wage battles on a dynamic block-based board, promising to be a new addiction for those looking for something beyond the ordinary in strategy games.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Drop Duchy is the perfect blend of real-time puzzle solving and roguelike mechanics. I didn't know I needed a Tetris-like game in my life, but add a few archers, some resource management, a great progression and reward system, and a finely tuned difficulty curve.
Whether you’re chasing leaderboard scores, working through the campaign, or just squeezing in a short session during a break, Drop Duchy is right for you. There’s a quiet brilliance to the way it unites so many simple on the surface yet subtly complicated gameplay systems without letting any of them spiral out of control. It is rare for a puzzle game to offer this much substance while remaining this approachable, but Drop Duchy makes it look easy.
Drop Duchy soon becomes a complex strategic web but it’s one that has well and truly caught me. It's compelling and has that "one more go" magic.
Maybe you don't have a couple of hours to make serious progress on the big RPGs that are out right now. Maybe what you have is 30 minutes to play some Tetris and also build yourself a merry little kingdom. And Drop Duchy is positioned perfectly for that.