Checkmate Showdown
Skip · Action · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 26, under the fair line, at $3.99. Fair at $0.25, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Nov 2023 (lowest $3.99, Jun 2026).
- Length
- 0.1h
- Value
- $39.90/hr
- Reviews
- 80% of 240 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $0.25 or less.
Buy now or wait
It is 80% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Chess meets Fighting games. Crush your opponents in the arena and on the chessboard in this online multiplayer competitive tactical fighting game that mixes the strategic elegance of Chess with the fast-paced execution of fighting games.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480, GTX 570, GTX 670, or better. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 28 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $3.99 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 75 percent. On the same math Fraymakers ($19.99, scores 44) and Nidhogg ($3.49, scores 76) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Checkmate Showdown
Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 118 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 61 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
10% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Pretty fun casual fighting game, I only recommend if you have someone else to play with though.
2 more reviews
Great and fun.... just if you want to play offline there is not much to do. Not even diffcculty switch... Wish it had a. arcade mode or something...
The fighting has easy inputs, and at the same time enough mechanical depth that you'll want to actually think about what you're doing: The chess part makes for some very interesting fight set-ups, since you can have another piece join as a fighter assist. Attacking pieces and king pieces seem to always be granted a super/ultimate for fighting. Pawns can be shockingly strong too since they skip fighting altogether...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Checkmate Showdown scores 26/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1803410/checkmate-showdownReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.