Steam market intelligence
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
91% positive · 7,370 Steam reviews · released May 12, 2022 · by PUNKCAKE Delicieux
ChessTurn-Based StrategyStrategyRogue-likeAction RoguelikeArcadeTabletopPixel Graphics
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~279,692
(P10–P90: 111,877 – 615,322)
Gross revenue: ~$2,291,181
($916,474 – $5,040,595)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Last 90 days: 86% positive across 114 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).
Gameplay & mechanics73% positive · 26 mentions
“Really good game, you'd think that this would be way easier than regular chess when you have a shotgun but if you keep advancing through the throne mode ranks then you're gonna see how this is harder and you have to actually try to…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 24 h played
Content & longevity83% positive · 23 mentions
“Really good game, you'd think that this would be way easier than regular chess when you have a shotgun but if you keep advancing through the throne mode ranks then you're gonna see how this is harder and you have to actually try to…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2026 · 24 h played
Difficulty & balance67% positive · 21 mentions
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ PS1 ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 36 h played
Price & value57% positive · 14 mentions
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ PS1 ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 36 h played
297 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology
Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
Perspective
Top-down
Technology
2D
Art style
Pixel artStylizedCartoon
Structure
Branching choices
Mood & themes
Atmospheric
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
AchievementsFull controller supportWorkshopSteam Cloud
Business model
Buy to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.