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Skulls of the Shogun cover art

Skulls of the Shogun

17-BIT · 2013-07-29

SteamPlayStation StoreXbox

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jan 30, 2013 (Xbox 360), Jul 29, 2013 (Mac), Jul 29, 2013 (Linux), Jul 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation Vita), TBD (Android)

Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!

Skulls of the Shogun is a 2013 Indie and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 870 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

3
playing now
90%
positive of 870 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
3.93★
PlayStation Store rating (16,079 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Skulls of the Shogun is a turn-based tactics video game developed by 17-Bit. The game is inspired by Advance Wars and features turn-based combat between undead samurai. Skulls of the Shogun was originally planned for a 2012 release on Xbox Live Arcade and Windows 8. Eventually it was released for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone on January 30, 2013.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 870 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-06-25) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
510Jan 2013Jul 2026Jan 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jun 2013 — avg 10 · peak 48Nov 2013 — avg 9 · peak 38Apr 2014 — avg 10 · peak 34Sep 2014 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2015 — avg 9 · peak 31Jul 2015 — avg 12 · peak 34Dec 2015 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2016 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 26Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 46Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-11-26 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $3.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-06-27 — best price $7.342020-07-23 — best price $9.992020-08-07 — best price $9.992020-08-22 — best price $9.992020-09-06 — best price $9.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992020-10-09 — best price $9.992020-10-24 — best price $9.992020-11-09 — best price $9.992020-11-24 — best price $9.992020-12-10 — best price $8.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-01-20 — best price $9.992021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-02-19 — best price $9.992021-03-08 — best price $9.992021-03-23 — best price $9.992021-04-07 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-05-07 — best price $9.992021-05-22 — best price $9.992021-06-06 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992022-01-06 — best price $8.992022-06-24 — best price $7.342023-07-11 — best price $8.992026-03-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2562026-06-01 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-11 — 21 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 21 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 23 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
42%
earned "Devil Inside"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam Cloud

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)10,6092%19
Steam (Steam)4,0171%27
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,1704%20
WP (Xbox)8703%20
Windows 8 (Xbox)4735%20

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieComedyCartoonyStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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