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Pawnbarian

j4nw · 2021-09-24

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Pawnbarian is a 2021 Indie and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 899 reviews).

3
playing now
89%
positive of 899 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 899 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 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
909020212026Week of 2021-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-12-04, latest 2022-03-28 (Steam store data)

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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