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Checkmate Showdown

BadRez Games · ManaVoid Entertainment · 2023-11-15

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chess meets Fighting games. Crush your opponents in the arena and on the chessboard in this online multiplayer competitive tactical fighting game that mixes the strategic elegance of Chess with the fast-paced execution of fighting games.

80%
positive of 239 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (77 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 15,470 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 239 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2024-12-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 50 of 78 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920232026Week of 2023-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$1.992023-06-072026-08-312023-06-07 — best price $99.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $6.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-06-01 — best price $15.082024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-07-15 — best price $4.992024-09-09 — best price $3.682024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $3.682024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-01-27 — best price $2.952025-02-10 — best price $3.402025-03-03 — best price $15.082025-04-04 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-19 — best price $18.492025-10-16 — best price $4.392025-10-22 — best price $4.902025-10-30 — best price $5.002025-11-07 — best price $5.002025-11-11 — best price $4.502025-11-20 — best price $19.992025-11-24 — best price $4.802025-12-03 — best price $5.002025-12-09 — best price $4.292025-12-13 — best price $16.792026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-17 — best price $4.122026-02-17 — best price $4.362026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $4.112026-04-07 — best price $4.112026-05-15 — best price $4.902026-06-26 — best price $4.902026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
9.9%
earned "GL HF"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam Leaderboards

3 supported languages: English, French, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)390%26

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPvPChessActionCombatFightingStylizedWrestling2D FighterBoard Game

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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