The Showdown Effect
| App ID | 204080 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| Publisher | Paradox Interactive |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS |
| Technologies | Bitsquid Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 28970158 |
| Last Record Update | 13 May 2025 – 23:37:41 UTC ( |
Additional Information
| Developer | Arrowhead Game Studios | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gamedir | Showdown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | The Showdown Effect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| icon | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_score | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NoServers | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_fullurl | https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-showdown-effect?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| primarycache | 204081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | eStateAvailable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| serverbrowsername | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ValidOSList | Windows macOS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| InstallScript | 204080_install.vdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| installscript_macos | showdown_debug.app/installscript_osx.vdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| primarycache_macos | 204084 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod | registry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LegacyKeyRegistryLocation | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp204080\SteamKey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ShowCDKeyOnLaunch | Yes [view your cd keys in client] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard | Yes [view your cd keys in client] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LaunchEULA | http://store.steampowered.com/eula/204080_eula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Paradox Interactive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Asset Modification Time | 19 September 2013 – 07:59:28 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Bitsquid Engine, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Texture_Tools SDK, OpenSSL SDK, cURL SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First seen on SteamDB | 5 February 2013 – 18:39:59 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 2 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes | |
| German | Yes |
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| logo | 5d74e29afa47d87ad8ab40c8e491135e984ff938 | ||
| logo_small | 5d74e29afa47d87ad8ab40c8e491135e984ff938_thumb | ||
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| store_screenshot | ss_a866911d90b4228eb944f39e39970e4c47f72186.jpg |
Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 3,284 all-time peak
20 September 2013
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Twitch stats
- 0 viewers right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 21,766 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~105.3 k by VG Insights
- ~2.54 M by PlayTracker
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Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 15 August 2013 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Hosted by PewDiePie | - |
| 29 August 2013 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Paradox Interactive | - |
| 10 October 2013 | ⇄ Indiegala: The Indie Gala October | - |
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The Showdown Effect had an all-time peak of 3284 concurrent players on 20 September 2013.
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