How Many Dudes?
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| Community | What's Next for How Many Dudes? 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 more stable shape. But now that the dust is juuuust starting to settle, I'd like to share what we've got planned for HMD: A Chonky & Free Update Y'all showed up and made this our most successful launch ever, so as a big… | — | |
| News | 🧪Beta Track Experiment - Tier 2 Available At the Start 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, 11:17AM CST Based on player feedback, we are adjusting this experiment to land in a middle ground (still currently only on the beta branch). We will be opening up Tier 2 at the outset, but still requiring a Gold Star on a Dud… | — | |
| Game update | v1.0.5-rc.9 - Hotfixes Reduced the CPU load of the Medical License without affecting its throughput. · Fixed an issue that could cause locked runs in your Best Runs page to still get pushed off the board. | — | |
| Game update | v1.0.5-rc.8 Added a Tier indicator above the Victory UI to make it more understandable that there are higher difficulties. | — | |
| Community | 100k DUDES in just 50 hours! DUDES. dudes... DUUUuuuUuuUuuUDES!!! In just 50 hours you Dudes made How Many Dudes our most successful launch ever with 100,000 sales! But that's not all - we've also: · Nabbed a lovely 90%+ positive review score! · Just hit a new peak of 9,636 concurrent Player Dudes! · And deployed multiple hotfixing and bug squashing updates! This has blown our expectations out of the water and has truly be… | — | |
| Game update | v1.0.5-rc.7 Minor Tweaks & Fixes Fixed an issue that caused the Rumpus sign-in prompt on the main menu to appear multiple times for the same player. · The Tier indicator in the top-right corner of the game's UI is now shown in Tier 1. · The Trench Coat Relic now shows a dynamic timer at the start of battle. | — | |
| Game update | v1.0.5-rc.5 - Minor Hotfix The Time Dude's Fossilizer Relic now properly gives him Toughness. | — | |
| Community | Solutions for launch error affecting non-English users We have seen reports of launch error with the above prompt for non-English users. The solution is to turn off Windows 11 Smart App Control. You can follow these steps: · Open Windows Settings · Go to "Privacy & Security". · Click "Windows Security". · Select "App & browser control". · Click "Smart App Control settings". · Choose "Off". | — | |
| News | How Many Dudes is OUT NOW! Can you handle 42 Dudes? How Many Dudes is out now and 35% off to celebrate the launch , so I'd say it's time to find out! Making How Many Dudes (a.k.a. "HMD") has been some of the most fun we've had making games since the three of us brothers started making games together 14 years ago. A lot has changed since then - but HMD represents everything we've always loved about making games together.… | — | |
| Community | One Week Left! Plus a Demo Update! And a Launch Discount! Sup DUDES 😎 How Many Dudes? is launching in ONE WEEK on July 30th @ 10AM PT (5PM UTC) ! And I've got a PAIR OF SURPRISES for ya: · HMD will launch with a hefty 35% DISCOUNT! · We've updated the Demo! To our 500,000+ demo players : ❤️THANK YOU!❤️ The feedback and enthusiasm we’ve seen while working on HMD has been truly amazing. We've had more fun making this game than, well, pretty much any ga… | — | |
| Game update | How Many Dudes runs on Steam Deck! HEY, DUDES! Are you looking to get a bunch of Dudes all up in your Deck? We've got some info for you! "How Many Dudes?" was originally designed around mouse input. It's all about clickable interfaces: you can click on just about anything on the UI to drill deeper into stats and details, which turned out to be a little tricky when it comes to full controller support. However, through the power o… | — | |
| Announcement | Release Date & Full Game Details! BUCKLE UP, DUDES! How Many Dudes? will be launching on Thursday, July 30th at 10AM PST / 5PM UTC! The demo for HMD has been downloaded by more than 475,000 people, which is, y’know, a LOT. More than we ever expected! Since y’all gave us more than we expected, we’ve been cooking up a whole lotta game to balance things out. FAIR IS FAIR. Here’s what you can expect from the full release (screensho… | — | |
| Game update | How Many Dudes Demo v0.1.41-rc.13: Minor Update Misc. Improvements · When the Ranch Shop opens, your pocket dice appear in the "Restock" row of the shop to make it more obvious you can use them to reroll the shop. · If you had your combat speed set to 1.5x and it was reset to 1x at the start of a boss round, it will now automatically reset back to 1.5x after the boss round. · When in Dark Mode, rounds 1-19 will now use the green arena backgr… | — | |
| Game update | v0.1.41-rc.8: Minor bug fix update This is a minor update for bug fixing purposes: · Fixed an issue that could cause your Relic Stash to crash if you purchased relics from the Merchant Dude, played a round, and then abandoned the round before it ended and then replayed it. · Fixed a launch crash issue for players that use peripherals such as AURA LED Controller (Big thanks to player Gambit for helping us tracking this one down)… | 21706245 | |
| In-game event | How Many Dudes Demo Language Update v0.1 HELLO, MY DUDES! We've been cooking up a TURBO UPDATE for the How Many Dudes demo, and we're ready to toss it into your lap like a hot potato before we dive into our Dev Cave to go full throttle on developing the full game. Highlights: · Added support for 8 new languages: Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, LATAM Spanish, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian. · Several UI improve… | — | |
| Major update | How Many Dudes Demo Update v0.1 OH WHAT? OH. Hey, Dudes. Didn’t see you there, because I was workin’ so hard duding up this game about dudes doing dude stuff. We’ve been collecting player feedback, squinting at analytics, and experimenting with all kinds of fun new toys to add to How Many Dudes over the past few weeks. And now… IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR TINY HANDS ON IT! Unlockable Dice There are two big points of feedback we’ve… | — | |
| Community | How Many Dudes Demo is launching Wednesday, December 17th! We have some BIG NEWS! We're launching the playable demo for How Many Dudes this Wednesday on Steam at 9AM CST! The game is in such a good spot already that we can't stop playing it ourselves. So we decided to just pull the ripcord and get it into everyone's hands as SOON AS POSSIBLE! This demo contains a hefty volume of content and isn't time-locked in any way, so if you want to play the demo… | — |
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