Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free-to-play digital collectible card game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, developed and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS.^[1]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami Digital Entertainment
Composer(s)	Yasunori Nishiki
Series	Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Android iOS
Release	Windows, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S WW: January 19, 2022 Android, iOS WW: January 27, 2022
Genre(s)	Digital collectible card game Strategy game
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

It was initially released January 19, 2022 for consoles and PC to positive reviews and rapidly climbed to the top of the Steam charts.^[2][3] On February 6, Konami announced the game had been downloaded over 10 million times.^[4] The game would later on be released in a few regions to iOS and Android January 26, 2022, with many more regional launches on February 2, 2022.^[5]

Development

Development of the title began in 2019 as a follow on from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, released in 2017. Konami wanted to develop a new game that would appeal to more experienced players, as opposed to Duel Links which was for more casual players.^[6] During the development of the game, the idea arose of implementing a game mode that could be played alone, participating in duels against the AI. This eventually led to the implementation of Solo Mode in Master Duel.^[6] The game's music was mainly composed by Yasunori Nishiki.^[7]

Gameplay

Both players are using cards effects to stop each other actions.

The gameplay is a simulated version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. However, the game has a different Forbidden and Limited List and card release schedule^[8] than the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. This creates a different library of cards available to build a deck from.

You can play either single-player, known in game as Solo Mode, where you proceed through a story of the cards involved playing against a computer opponent. In Multiplayer there exists a casual, unranked matchmaking system and a competitive, ranked system allowing you to compete with other players' strategies. ^[9]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 80/100[10] PS5: 80/100[11] NS: 78/100[12]
OpenCritic	72%[13]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Jeuxvideo.com	16/20[14]
MeriStation	8/10[15]
Nintendo Life	[16]
PC Gamer (US)	80/100[17]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[10][11][12]

Within a week, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel reached 262,333 concurrent players on Steam.^[2]

On PlayStation Partner Awards 2022 Japan Asia, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel and 4 other video games received Partner Awards for being the highest grossing video games worldwide.^[18]