How many dudes does it take to beat up a gorilla? A thousand toddlers? A horse-sized duck? A GOD? Enter the Dude Ranch and find out in this roguelike dudebuilder where you recruit an army of dudes to fight ridiculous battles.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 2.1-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Really fantastic game, logged over 100 hours in the demo and full release is exactly what I was expecting it to be. I do wish there was a free play/sandbox mode tho. Something where you can pick what dudes you want, and how many, to fight your choice of mobs.
I was excited for this one but honestly, it gets boring incredibly fast. Every unit gets the same upgrades every run and there are only a handful for each, so it's less about experimenting and more about knowing which units work well together. This would be fine if there were unique effects between specific units or some kind of class synergy effects. So basically what happens is you get five different units every...
Really fun turn your brain off type of game, you mess around and try to figure how to make certain dudes pop off. Then end up getting rolled by the last boss because 800 chef dudes don't cut it.
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Fair · Strategy · 2026
Steam Deck VerifiedNO RUSH.
Fair at $9.74. Buy it if you want it, no rush.
about 2.1h$9.74 (~)
Better value than 96% of Strategy games
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How Many Dudes? scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/3934270/how-many-dudes<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/3934270/how-many-dudes"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/3934270" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/3934270/how-many-dudes)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
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The lowest price on record is $9.74, set in July 2026. It has gone on sale once in the 8 days tracked here, most recently in July 2026. Today's $9.74 at 35 percent off matches that floor. It does not get cheaper than this.
Steam's global achievement data says about 2 percent of players ever finish it. On a 2.1-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.