Checkmate Showdown

Checkmate Showdown

Steam Deck Playable

BadRez Games · Fighting · Nov 15, 2023

Worth it for the right player.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

80%
Mostly Positive
238 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Servers and matchmaking: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 238 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 181 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I think that this game has really cool character and the weapons those characters have fit the owners very well.
16 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
It feels like they just wanted to copy FPS Chess just to get some quick bucks.
9 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Servers and matchmaking
Players who bring up Servers and matchmaking mostly praise it.
The netcode is nice.
8 of 181 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are pretty clean.
7 of 181 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters16 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Servers and matchmaking8 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay9 reviews
67%
Multiplayer8 reviews
63%
Combat7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty9 reviews
56%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
26
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.