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Skulls of the Shogun

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App ID 228960
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher 17-BIT
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies FNA Engine, MonoGame Engine, XNA Engine
Last Changenumber 29683731
Last Record Update 21 June 2025 – 16:16:39 UTC ()
Release Date 29 July 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😎 84.64%
816 reviews
4
In-Game

Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!

Additional Information

Developer 17-BIT
gamedir ValveTestApp228960
metacritic_name Skulls of the Shogun
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controller_support full
metacritic_score 72
NoServers No
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VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher 17-BIT
eulas
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 29 July 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 2 December 2021 – 10:19:23 UTC () (1638440363)
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Detected Technologies (?) FNA Engine, MonoGame Engine, XNA Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 10 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 10098244
  • configuration:
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First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:13:00 UTC (), in changelist #195479

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based 🤡 Comedy 👤 Singleplayer 🤔 Tactical 🕹️ Multiplayer 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🐰 Cartoony 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 📺 Local Multiplayer 😃 Funny 🏽 2D 🕒 Asynchronous Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Captions available Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Commentary available Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player PvP

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Trailers
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Steam charts

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  • 4 players right now
  • 9 24-hour peak
  • 402 all-time peak 1 January 2014
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Store data

  • 4,418 followers
  • 734 positive reviews
  • 82 negative reviews
  • 89.95% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 2,233 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 84.64% SteamDB Rating
  • 734 90.0% positive reviews
  • 82 10.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
29 July 2013 – 17:00 Steam Release -
27 May 2014 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Bundle: PC and Android 10 -
16 April 2015 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Bundle Strategy 2 -
28 October 2015 – 17:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Trinity 3 Bundle -
19 May 2016 – 16:20 ⇄ Fanatical: Pick & Mix Bundle 2016 -
15 September 2016 – 15:50 ⇄ Fanatical: All Stars 7 Bundle -
18 January 2017 – 21:31 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Dash 3 -
27 December 2017 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Indie Heroes 3 Bundle -
1 August 2018 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Fanatical Anthology Awesome Bundle -
8 February 2019 – 10:00 ⇄ Indiegala: Friday Special Bundle #80 -

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How many players are playing Skulls of the Shogun right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 4 players live playing Skulls of the Shogun on Steam.

Skulls of the Shogun had an all-time peak of 402 concurrent players on 1 January 2014.

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