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FORCED SHOWDOWN

FORCED SHOWDOWN

Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.

Released Mar 29, 2016 Developer BetaDwarf Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionAction RoguelikeRPGIndieStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

83.5%positive679 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Hidden gem for sure”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The game crashes (it's not new, so shouldn't happen) and I am not enjoying the experience 6/10”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

81achievements
7.9%median completion
1.7%rarest: Uncaged
73.5% of players 70.0% of players 67.0% of players 66.6% of players 63.8% of players 61.9% of players 55.1% of players 49.0% of players 48.5% of players 46.4% of players 39.4% of players 38.6% of players 38.5% of players 38.4% of players 38.4% of players 36.4% of players 32.9% of players 30.3% of players 29.9% of players 27.8% of players 27.6% of players 24.9% of players 23.9% of players 23.7% of players 21.4% of players 19.8% of players 17.3% of players 16.9% of players 16.3% of players 16.2% of players 15.4% of players 15.2% of players 13.9% of players 12.3% of players 11.2% of players 10.7% of players 10.6% of players 9.1% of players 8.4% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.8% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 73.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
73.5%Take A Bow — Finish your first Campaign (win or lose).
70.0%The Revolver — Kill 6 enemies in 6 seconds.
67.0%Best Pals — Beat 15 arenas with your companion surviving.
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Uncaged — Beat The Mentor's Maze with Ravager.
1.7%In Charge — Beat The Mentor's Maze with Stormbringer.
1.7%Blazing Through — Beat The Mentor's Maze with Volco.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada21.99 CAD
Japan1,980 JPY
Brazil36.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.1 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 03, 2022
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Oct 14, 2022
Announcing the Month of Fun!

Greetings Knight, For the very first time, we are launching BetaDwarf’s “ Month of Fun ”! This is a month-long event series across all our games, packed with ultra-sweet bonuses, epic rewards, and mor

Dec 05, 2019
100% OFF Crystal Conquest DLC for Minion Masters & Huge New Update!

100% OFF - WEEKEND DEAL Get the new Minion Masters $15 Crystal Conquest DLC 100% off this weekend! THE QUEST FOR MOUNTAINSHAPER - OUT NOW Our other game, Minion Masters, just got its biggest expansion

Aug 15, 2019
Claim a -100% off DLC for Minion Masters, just this weekend

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6355384/00b6001d280475c01fdae6c20cb9f49667bc0a3d.jpg Hello SHOWDOWN Fans, If you haven't tried out our other game, Minion Masters, no

May 24, 2019
Celebrating v1.0 of Minion Masters & 9 years of Dev with -100% off DLC and Free games!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/6355384/149cfb242b74789bb1b0d21b9614b7c2db783375.png Here at Betadwarf, we’re celebrating v1.0 and 9 years of making games with a -10

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsAction · Action Roguelike · RPG · Indie · Strategy · Deckbuilding · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Card Game · Singleplayer · Action RPG · Dungeon Crawler (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements81
Official sitehttp://forcedshowdown.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3, 2.4 Ghz or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GT 240 or equivalent, minimum 512 MB of VRAM DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space