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MASSIVE CHALICE cover art

MASSIVE CHALICE

Double Fine Productions · 2015-06-01

SteamGOGMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

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.

MASSIVE CHALICE is a 2015 Indie and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (73% of 1,911 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-12

4
playing now
73%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,911 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
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 32 of 80 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2333Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 130 · peak 560Mar 2015 — avg 16 · peak 43Jul 2015 — avg 65 · peak 180Nov 2015 — avg 34 · peak 123Mar 2016 — avg 20 · peak 53Jul 2016 — avg 27 · peak 82Nov 2016 — avg 76 · peak 260Mar 2017 — avg 15 · peak 37Jul 2017 — avg 28 · peak 87Nov 2017 — avg 16 · peak 40Mar 2018 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2018 — avg 21 · peak 97Nov 2018 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2019 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $3.992026-09-07 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $3.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

144122026-05-30 — 19 pageviews2026-06-03 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-15 — 122 pageviews2026-06-19 — 34 pageviews2026-06-23 — 26 pageviews2026-06-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 28 pageviews2026-07-05 — 26 pageviews2026-07-09 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-17 — 18 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 91 pageviews2026-08-02 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-14 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 65 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 74 pageviews2026-09-07 — 51 pageviews2026-09-11 — 29 pageviews2026-09-15 — 22 pageviews2026-09-19 — 15 pageviews2026-09-23 — 39 pageviews2026-09-27 — 31 pageviews2026-10-01 — 24 pageviews2026-10-05 — 20 pageviews2026-10-09 — 26 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-11-11 (Steam store data)

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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