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Archon Classic cover art

Archon Classic

React Games · 2010-11-02

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Text

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.

Archon Classic is a 2010 Indie and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (81% of 192 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 192 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420112026Week of 2011-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2011-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2012-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
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).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "Quick Draw"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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