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Steam’s Most Surprising New Puzzle Game Is ‘Tetris’ With A Strategy Twist

Robin Bea

created: May 8, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: May 14, 2025, 6:35 a.m.

Drop Duchy first caught my eye with a demo at a recent Steam Next Fest. With the full game now out on Steam, it turns out Drop Duchy is a deeper, more satisfying strategy game than I would have imagined, all built on the idea of stacking blocks. Drop Duchy’s deckbuilding twist on Tetris may sound strange, but it’s a delightfully original puzzle game. Not all is peaceful in your blocky kingdom, though, and the real strategy of Drop Duchy kicks in with military cards. Drop Duchy transforms Tetris into a challenging strategy game.

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