The Game Census
Pawnbarian cover art

Pawnbarian

j4nw · 2021-09-24

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 24, 2021 (Mac), Sep 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2021 (Linux), TBD (iOS), TBD (Android), TBD (Nintendo Switch)

Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!

4
playing now
89%
positive of 896 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 896 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2023-12-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1002026-08-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$3.992021-09-242026-08-032021-09-24 — best price $8.992021-12-06 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-02-14 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $6.992022-06-20 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $6.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992022-12-13 — best price $9.992023-01-30 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-08-10 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $9.992024-07-15 — best price $4.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-12-09 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-07-14 — best price $4.992025-09-01 — best price $9.992026-01-02 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
18%
earned "Pawnbarian"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

19 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Italian, Japanese, Danish, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0305%18

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

Player tags

ChessPuzzleStrategyCard GameBoard GameMinimalistMouse onlyRogue-likeRogue-liteCard Battler

Census log

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

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