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Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

PUNKCAKE Delicieux · 2022-05-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 18, 2025 (iOS), Dec 18, 2025 (Android), Apr 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 24, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.

52
playing now
91%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
3.3h
to beat · rushed 0.9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate is a 2022 roguelike turn-based tactics video game developed by French studio Punkcake Délicieux and published by Headbang Club for Microsoft Windows. The game puts the player in the role of a tyrant black king chess piece whose workers have left him for the popular, nicer white king piece. To reclaim their pieces, the king piece carries and uses a shotgun, which is used against the pieces. As the game continues, the player will also receive randomly-selected cards which will allow the player to upgrade their shotgun or gain special abilities.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 52 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 547 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 148k–333k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,410 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.94-41%
GOG$5.99-40%
Microsoft Store$12.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2022-11-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 48 of 90 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77877820222026Week of 2022-05-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

75402026-08-07 00:00 — 55 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 68 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 66 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 47 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 52 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 66 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 52 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 57 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 47 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 48 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 43 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 44 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 54 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.952022-05-122026-08-302022-05-12 — best price $5.992022-11-14 — best price $5.992023-01-09 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $8.522023-06-22 — best price $9.992023-07-27 — best price $7.992023-09-12 — best price $9.992023-10-17 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $8.192024-01-30 — best price $5.892024-02-14 — best price $6.992024-03-22 — best price $6.442024-04-19 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $7.992024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-07-23 — best price $6.992024-08-26 — best price $6.992024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.492025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-07-12 — best price $9.992025-08-20 — best price $5.792025-09-29 — best price $6.492025-10-16 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $6.492025-12-19 — best price $6.492026-01-21 — best price $9.992026-03-04 — best price $9.692026-04-10 — best price $5.352026-04-30 — best price $6.492026-06-06 — best price $6.492026-07-14 — best price $5.992026-08-24 — best price $5.192026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3472026-05-28 — 24 pageviews2026-05-31 — 18 pageviews2026-06-03 — 19 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 21 pageviews2026-06-27 — 18 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 20 pageviews2026-07-09 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 34 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.9%
earned "Full Set"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, German, Japanese, Polish, Catalan, Dutch…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9410%127
PS5 (PlayStation)20010%31
Xbox One (Xbox)1652%83
Switch (Nintendo)550%0
PS4 (PlayStation)5118%31
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

ChessRetroActionArcadeShooterStrategyTabletopRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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