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FORCED SHOWDOWN cover art

FORCED SHOWDOWN

BetaDwarf · 2016-03-29

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 29, 2016 (Mac), Mar 29, 2016 (Linux), Mar 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 678 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Forced: Showdown is a top-down single-player bullet-hell brawler developed by Danish indie game developer BetaDwarf. The game was released in March 2016 for Windows, OS X and Linux through Steam as well as GOG.com. The game revolves around Contestants fighting for wealth and glory in an ever-changing galactic game show. The gameplay mixes roguelike aspects with a trading-card game. It consists of selecting a champion, enhancing and empowering him and his abilities to battle through hordes of minions and dodging their attacks to survive.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 40% of 10,954 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 678 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-08) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992016-03-292026-08-302016-03-29 — best price $17.592016-06-08 — best price $14.992016-08-20 — best price $19.992016-11-08 — best price $19.992017-03-06 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $8.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $5.992020-05-26 — best price $17.882020-07-06 — best price $19.992020-07-25 — best price $19.992020-08-12 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-10-01 — best price $17.882020-10-20 — best price $17.882020-11-07 — best price $17.882020-11-28 — best price $4.992020-12-19 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-01-22 — best price $17.882021-02-09 — best price $17.882021-03-02 — best price $17.882021-03-20 — best price $17.882021-04-15 — best price $17.882021-05-03 — best price $17.882021-05-21 — best price $17.882021-06-08 — best price $17.882021-07-28 — best price $17.882021-11-02 — best price $17.882022-04-06 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2361%81

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

Player tags

RPGIndieActionArcadeFantasyStrategyTop-DownCard GameAction RPGRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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