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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.
How Many Dudes? is a roguelike dudebuilder that's all about game-breaking synergies and simulated chaos.

Welcome to the Dude Ranch, where you recruit and manage your ever-expanding army of Dudes
Choose from a wild cast of 42 Unique Dudes across 6 Dude Families: Undead Dudes, Employed Dudes, Warrior Dudes, Fantasy Dudes, Sci-Fi Dudes, and Action Dudes.
Setup your Team to mix and match Dude Types and form ridiculous synergies - like Zombie Dudes who explode when struck by enemies, Ninja Dudes who throw a barrage of Shurikens, or Cowboy dudes who lasso other Dudes out of danger.
More than 850,000 Team compositions means there's tons of strategies and overpowered combos to discover.

Create game-breaking synergies with your choice of Dudes, Trinkets, and Relics
Collect hundreds of Dude Relics that warp the rules of battle. Make your Wizard Dudes fling a volley of fireballs when they move, your Ninja Dudes enter stealth when in danger, or your Finance Dudes generate cash with a life insurance policy on your other Dudes.
Defeat Act Bosses to earn Trinkets - powerful items assigned to a Dude Type that enable game breaking strategies. Should you give your Wizard Dudes ADHD, or give your Samurai Dudes a Taser? It's up to you!
Choose your Dudes wisely. Each Dude has their place in battle, from dishing out damage to tanking it to commanding other Dudes. Find the right balance between offense and defense, and see if your team can make it all the way to the final act.

Face escalating enemy waves—from toddlers to wolves to gorillas to gods
Conquer boss fights that test your team’s synergy (and your sanity).
Defeat bosses to earn Silver and Gold stars for each Dude, and see if you can master them all!

Strategic roguelike autobattler full of game-breaking synergies
42 Unique Dude Types to recruit and build out your team
Hundreds of Relics, Trinkets, and Wandering Dude events that completely reshape each run
Three Tiers of Challenge, each with additional unique enemies and epic boss battles
Game modes like The Daily Dude and Ensemble Mode, which allows for pre-selecting your dream team
Infinite replayability and absurdity
How Many Dudes?Steam patch notes
This small hotfix contains an update to the save backup system to further mitigate the risk of data loss after an unexpected power outage.
How Many Dudes?Steam patch notes
Fixed a crash that would occur if the Explorer Dude attempted to heal a Zombie Dude who just exploded. The Killipede now has a per-Dude cooldown on how frequently it can throw…
How Many Dudes?Steam patch notes
The Spray n' Pray relic for Trooper Dudes now properly respects its internal cooldown. Warlock Dudes will now properly transfer damage via Unholy Grail. The Family Dude…
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How Many Dudes?Steam patch notes
Updated the game's save backup system to more purposefully compensate for a Windows OS issue that can result in corrupted save data in the event of a power outage or Blue Screen…
How Many Dudes?Steam announcement
It's been almost 1 week since the launch of How Many Dudes, and what a launch it's been! We're still triaging bugs, fixing up crashes, and otherwise hotfixing these Dudes into a…
How Many Dudes?Steam announcement
Edit: August 5, 2026, 2:40PM CST Based on mixed-to-negative player feedback about this experiment we've decided to not make this change at this time. Edit: August 4, 2026,…