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Poker Championship

BBstudio Inc. · 2019-09-25

Steam

CasualIndieMassively MultiplayerSportsStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2019 (Mac)

Play real-time Texas Hold’em Poker with real players from around the world. No bots, no house players, no dealing manipulation — just fair poker with cash games, tournaments, rankings, and rewards.

Poker Championship is a Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Sports game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 2878 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

170
playing now
79%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

170 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Poker Championship trailer thumbnail

$2,467,200 Gardens Poker Championship Final Table

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 170 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 189 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,354 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120192026Week of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2421382026-09-15 14:00 — 169 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 191 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 154 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 189 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 232 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 170 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 151 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 198 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 216 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 157 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 225 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 179 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 156 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 186 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 218 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 138 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 180 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 178 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 140 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 185 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 217 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 151 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 159 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 170 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24129Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 29 · peak 92Jan 2020 — avg 53 · peak 95Apr 2020 — avg 75 · peak 129Jul 2020 — avg 78 · peak 130Oct 2020 — avg 75 · peak 211Jan 2021 — avg 84 · peak 140Apr 2021 — avg 96 · peak 153Jul 2021 — avg 98 · peak 143Oct 2021 — avg 104 · peak 155Jan 2022 — avg 135 · peak 221Apr 2022 — avg 118 · peak 187Jul 2022 — avg 115 · peak 175Oct 2022 — avg 142 · peak 212Jan 2023 — avg 158 · peak 243Apr 2023 — avg 161 · peak 255Jul 2023 — avg 177 · peak 275Oct 2023 — avg 182 · peak 259Jan 2024 — avg 210 · peak 297Apr 2024 — avg 217 · peak 300Jul 2024 — avg 213 · peak 310Oct 2024 — avg 206 · peak 288Jan 2025 — avg 218 · peak 309Apr 2025 — avg 203 · peak 291Jul 2025 — avg 197 · peak 288Oct 2025 — avg 200 · peak 266Jan 2026 — avg 194 · peak 279Apr 2026 — avg 182 · peak 253Jul 2026 — avg 178 · peak 251Aug 2026 — avg 194 · peak 263
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Twitch viewers

002026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSportsGamblingStrategyCard GameSimulationMultiplayerFree to PlayMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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