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Killer Queen Black cover art

Killer Queen Black

Liquid Bit, LLC · 2019-10-11

SteamAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieSportsStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 23, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 30, 2021 (Google Stadia), Oct 11, 2019 (Mac)

Killer Queen Black is a fast-paced, team-based action strategy game where two teams battle for victory in a frantic arcade arena. Coordinate with your queen and workers to outmaneuver the enemy, riding snails, collecting berries, and fighting for military dominance across multiple win conditions.

Killer Queen Black is an Action, Casual, Indie, Sports game released in 2019, free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 615 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

6
playing now
92%
positive of 616 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 470% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2020-10-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820192026Week of 2019-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3402026-09-15 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 34 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
421Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 42 · peak 204Dec 2019 — avg 18 · peak 70Feb 2020 — avg 16 · peak 80Apr 2020 — avg 20 · peak 91Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 68Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 59Oct 2020 — avg 36 · peak 187Dec 2020 — avg 16 · peak 119Feb 2021 — avg 17 · peak 85Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 75Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 76Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 49Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 49Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 38Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 40Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 47Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 29Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 35Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 42Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 331Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-10-112026-10-082019-10-11 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $11.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-21 — best price $9.992020-02-04 — best price $19.992020-02-17 — best price $11.992020-02-28 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-02 — best price $1.992020-10-16 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-03-29 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-03-07 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $0.002026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-09-24 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
32.6%
earned "Killer"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)2,1763%39
Steam (Steam)5892%31
Switch (Nintendo)890%0

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

Player tags

2DCo-opActionArcadeCasualSportsStrategy2D FighterPlatformerMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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