Yes — The Druid is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is The Druid Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates The Druid Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play The Druid on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of The Druid. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is The Druid multiplayer?

No — Steam lists The Druid as single-player only.

Is The Druid on PC Game Pass?

No — The Druid is not on PC Game Pass right now.

The Druid

Name: The Druid
Brand: NAO Studios
Availability: InStock

NAO Studios · May 24, 2023 · Action, Adventure, Action Roguelike, Roguelike, 2D

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About The Druid

STORY

Long ago, the Celts and their culture ruled much of the land. But various natural disasters and invasions by other peoples decimated their population and brought their culture to the brink of extinction. Before this, the Celtic gods were devastated but accepted the fate that had been imposed on them. All except the evil Morrigan, who decided to corrupt the much-revered land of the Celts to prevent that fate.

The Druid is a roguelike 2D platform game where we play as a druid, created from Dagda, whose mission is to stop Morrigan and free the land of its corruption.

KEY FEATURES

A modular generation system to offer a great experience in different levels of the game.
Up to 54 available upgrades to combine with our character and obtain new abilities.
The game will feature three playable areas that will be full of enemies, from the simplest to bosses that will make a difference in combat.
The Celtic god Dagda asks for help to defeat the evil Morrigan and stop the corruption she is spreading through the world.

Project made for the B.A. in Interactive Product Design of U-tad, University of Technology, Arts and Design.

The Druid — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
Controller: Full controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Players praise the game's charming art style and animations, appreciating it as a free casual experience suitable for short play sessions. However, many criticize the clunky controls, repetitive level design, dull combat mechanics, and lack of enemy variety, with some feeling the game feels unfinished and the upgrade system is poorly explained.

Recommended Jul 27, 2024

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Not recommended May 8, 2026

Hardly a finished game. I'm not a game developer but I would not have posted this on Steam with how buggy and clunky the controls are and how uninteresting the overall gameplay loop is. It's free, yeah, but it's still not good.

Recommended Apr 30, 2025

great game i love the animation

Recommended Mar 22, 2025

I like the premise and art style of this cute lil' side scroller, and you can't beat "free"!

Recommended Nov 18, 2024

a fun little game good for a bored afternoon

Not recommended Nov 1, 2024

Just no. Nothing about this free game is any good. The levels are samey and feel almost procedurally generated, the enemy variety is non-existant, enemies in general just feel random. Combat is dull and everything just feels "off". The "upgrade" system is ... strange, to say the least, and the first boss is ... well. It'd be nice to know when you take contact damage and when not, but even then it's just a VERY basic fight. Since this is free, you can't really complain much, but there's also no need to subject yourself to play this, imho.

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