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Archon Classic cover art

Archon Classic

React Games · 2010-11-02

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 02, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2010 (Linux)

Inspired by chess, but adding combat that YOU control, Archon was the original Battle Chess. You must try to outmaneuver your opponent using teams of fantasy creatures or monsters in this epic struggle of Light and Dark.

0
playing now
81%
positive of 192 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 52% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 192 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.95 at GreenManGaming (2014-07-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.89$0.952015-01-012025-10-062015-01-01 — best price $7.512015-01-23 — best price $7.772015-02-12 — best price $6.972015-03-16 — best price $6.152015-04-03 — best price $6.392015-04-17 — best price $7.952015-04-24 — best price $6.722015-05-06 — best price $8.992015-05-14 — best price $11.012015-06-13 — best price $0.952015-07-03 — best price $4.992015-07-10 — best price $9.992015-07-25 — best price $5.962015-09-12 — best price $9.992016-01-13 — best price $9.992016-02-16 — best price $11.132016-03-17 — best price $5.312016-03-24 — best price $5.432016-07-07 — best price $9.012016-07-30 — best price $0.992016-08-30 — best price $9.992016-10-18 — best price $7.992017-07-23 — best price $7.082017-08-18 — best price $6.592018-08-02 — best price $9.992020-07-13 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $9.992025-07-08 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ChessIndieRetroRemakeClassicStrategyBoard Game4 Player LocalLocal Multiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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