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FORCED SHOWDOWN cover art

FORCED SHOWDOWN

BetaDwarf · 2016-03-29

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

FORCED SHOWDOWN is an Action, Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (84% of 680 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 680 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 233% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (76 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 680 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 3 of 53 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920162026Week of 2016-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
770Jul 2014Apr 2024Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2015 — avg 2 · peak 15Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2016 — avg 2 · peak 15Apr 2016 — avg 77 · peak 335Jul 2016 — avg 35 · peak 224Oct 2016 — avg 14 · peak 44Jan 2017 — avg 15 · peak 49Apr 2017 — avg 5 · peak 20Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 25Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 33Jan 2018 — avg 11 · peak 48Apr 2018 — avg 16 · peak 88Jul 2018 — avg 10 · peak 43Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 18Jan 2019 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15

▲ +2 avg players vs prior month — Apr 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992016-03-292026-10-152016-03-29 — best price $17.592016-06-22 — best price $19.992016-09-22 — best price $19.992017-01-10 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $8.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-08-29 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $6.792019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-03-16 — best price $5.992020-06-19 — best price $17.882020-07-20 — best price $17.882020-08-12 — best price $19.992020-09-15 — best price $19.992020-10-10 — best price $17.882020-11-03 — best price $19.992020-11-28 — best price $4.992020-12-23 — best price $14.892021-01-13 — best price $17.882021-02-05 — best price $19.992021-03-02 — best price $17.882021-03-25 — best price $14.692021-04-24 — best price $17.882021-05-17 — best price $19.992021-06-08 — best price $17.882021-10-07 — best price $19.992021-12-03 — best price $17.882022-06-24 — best price $14.692023-01-05 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-09-08 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

702026-06-02 — 1 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 0 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 0 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 0 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1 pageviews2026-08-07 — 0 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-16 — 0 pageviews2026-09-20 — 0 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews2026-10-12 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
73.5%
earned "Take A Bow"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-03-29, latest 2016-07-31 (Steam store data)

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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