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Skillshot City

Ben Johnson (bencelot) · Nik Nak Studios · 2017-05-23

Steam

ActionIndieFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 23, 2017 (Linux), May 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Skillshot City is a chaotic battle royale with roguelite skill builds and infinite revives. Loot, shoot, cast and drive through a GTA-style city to level up wild skills and create clever combos. If you die, keep fighting outside the circle and try to revive before the final showdown!

Skillshot City is a 2017 Action, Indie, Free To Play, Early Access game that is free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 3390 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000.

85%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)
Skillshot City is a free-to-play PvP roguelike, battle royale video game developed and published by Nik Nak Studios. It was originally released with the name Geneshift on Steam via early access on May 23, 2017.

Trailer

Skillshot City trailer thumbnail

Skillshot City Trailer - The Free Battle Royale With Roguelite Superpowers

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 890 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~111/week).
  • · Review velocity up 709% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2018-08-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31231220172026Week of 2017-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002017-05-242022-11-282017-05-24 — best price $7.992017-06-22 — best price $7.992017-07-31 — best price $7.992017-10-02 — best price $7.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492017-12-04 — best price $7.492017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-03-19 — best price $7.992018-06-22 — best price $7.392018-08-06 — best price $6.992018-10-30 — best price $6.992018-11-21 — best price $6.992018-12-03 — best price $6.992018-12-18 — best price $0.002019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $11.242019-02-25 — best price $9.742019-05-20 — best price $9.742019-06-26 — best price $9.742019-09-02 — best price $8.992019-10-21 — best price $8.992019-11-26 — best price $8.992019-12-09 — best price $8.992019-12-19 — best price $8.992020-02-24 — best price $8.992020-06-08 — best price $0.002020-06-15 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-10 — best price $14.992020-12-21 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992022-11-28 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4412026-05-24 — 44 pageviews2026-05-28 — 11 pageviews2026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 31 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 2 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 8 pageviews2026-09-09 — 6 pageviews2026-09-13 — 9 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 10 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
31.5%
earned "OWNAGE"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam Cloud2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-11-28, latest 2025-11-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,9477%40

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPIndieActionShooterTacticalFast-PacedRogue-likeRogue-liteMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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