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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

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.

10
playing now
92%
positive of 609 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 42% of 10,936 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 2 of 2 observed days · at its all-time low (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

2212026-08-11 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-10-112026-08-272019-10-11 — 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 $0.00
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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