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MASSIVE CHALICE cover art

MASSIVE CHALICE

Double Fine Productions · 2015-06-01

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2015 (Mac), Jun 01, 2015 (Xbox One), Jun 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 01, 2015 (Linux)

MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.

2
playing now
73%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Massive Chalice is a turn-based tactics video game for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux and Xbox One by Double Fine Productions, which was funded through Kickstarter. The project leader of the game was Brad Muir, who previously led the development of Iron Brigade.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 18% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 48k–114k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,908 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2016-12-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 42 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $22.492015-06-07 — best price $19.992015-09-03 — best price $6.792015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-05-09 — best price $2.992016-11-14 — best price $19.992017-03-13 — best price $19.992017-07-03 — best price $1.992017-11-13 — best price $1.992018-01-08 — best price $1.992018-06-21 — best price $3.992018-11-20 — best price $5.992019-02-14 — best price $24.992019-07-08 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-03-09 — best price $19.992020-05-07 — best price $9.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992021-04-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-07-08 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-04-07 — best price $4.992023-08-07 — best price $4.992023-12-13 — best price $3.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-09-27 — best price $19.992025-01-20 — best price $7.992025-05-30 — best price $1.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $19.992026-07-28 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

29192026-05-30 — 19 pageviews2026-06-02 — 24 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-17 — 144 pageviews2026-06-20 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 26 pageviews2026-06-26 — 29 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 69 pageviews2026-07-11 — 24 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-17 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 28 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 22 pageviews2026-07-29 — 91 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 23 pageviews2026-08-22 — 65 pageviews2026-08-25 — 32 pageviews2026-08-27 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
66.3%
earned "Keep Defending"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)17,5050%28
Steam (Steam)5,8631%28

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

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyStrategyTacticalManagementRogue-likeTurn-BasedKickstarterPerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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