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Shogun Showdown

Roboatino · Goblinz Publishing · 2024-09-05

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 27, 2023 (Linux), Sep 05, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 05, 2024 (Mac), Jun 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 06, 2022 (Web browser), Sep 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

122
playing now
95%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 57h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

122 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Shogun Showdown is turn-based tactics roguelike video game developed by Roboatino and published by Goblinz Studio and Gamera Games. It was released in September 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, Windows, macOS, and Linux. Shogun received generally positive reviews from critics for its unique battle system.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 122 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 590 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~74/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 140k–315k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,006 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.89-61%
GOG$7.49-50%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.19 at Fanatical (2023-11-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 79 of 119 observed days · $2.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
73373320232026Week of 2023-06-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

155752026-08-07 00:00 — 111 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 109 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 154 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 104 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 119 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 150 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 118 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 104 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 126 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 154 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 123 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 99 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 130 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 97 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 104 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 154 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 110 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 91 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 134 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 108 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 111 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 136 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 104 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 75 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 108 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 126 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 122 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.192023-06-272026-08-302023-06-27 — best price $8.492023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-10-30 — best price $7.992023-12-01 — best price $9.992024-01-11 — best price $9.992024-02-08 — best price $8.992024-03-19 — best price $10.492024-05-02 — best price $10.492024-06-04 — best price $13.482024-07-17 — best price $12.492024-08-07 — best price $9.742024-08-30 — best price $12.492024-09-30 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-11-26 — best price $11.992024-12-20 — best price $11.992025-01-30 — best price $11.992025-03-03 — best price $10.492025-04-14 — best price $13.492025-06-09 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $7.422025-11-03 — best price $6.142025-12-01 — best price $6.492025-12-19 — best price $7.502026-01-29 — best price $14.992026-03-11 — best price $7.492026-04-22 — best price $7.492026-05-21 — best price $5.902026-06-13 — best price $7.482026-07-22 — best price $14.992026-08-07 — best price $7.502026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11592026-05-31 — 12 pageviews2026-06-03 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 115 pageviews2026-06-21 — 62 pageviews2026-06-24 — 42 pageviews2026-06-27 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 39 pageviews2026-07-03 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 20 pageviews2026-07-09 — 33 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 34 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 26 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 34 pageviews2026-08-11 — 33 pageviews2026-08-14 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 33 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
84.3%
earned "Bamboo Hero"
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,7582%36
PS5 (PlayStation)2709%37
Switch (Nintendo)850%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)690%36
PS5 (PlayStation)2619%37
PS4 (PlayStation)1729%37
Switch (Nintendo)40%0
PS4 (PlayStation)10%37

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

Player tags

NinjaStrategyRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedDeckbuildingReplay ValueSingleplayerStrategy RPGPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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