Is Heroes Showdown free?

Not right now — Steam does not list Heroes Showdown as free to play, and none of the stores we track sells it in your region.

Can I play Heroes Showdown on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Heroes Showdown. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Heroes Showdown on PC Game Pass?

No — Heroes Showdown is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Heroes Showdown

PATHFINDER8 · May 14, 2020 · Strategy, Free to Play, Casual, Early Access, Auto Battler

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About Heroes Showdown

✦ AI summary

Place heroes strategically on grid-based battlefields to fight automatically while competing against seven other players in this auto battler where pure strategy and resource management determine victory. Battle through special stages, level up your squad, and leverage loss bonuses to mount dramatic comebacks in a skill-based competition with no luck involved.

The Ultimate Team Fight Chess! - Fight back to back along with other heroes and become the true champion of the team. Rise victorious through the epic battle. Experience a battle that you've never experienced before with various strategy elements to control your own outcome of the battle.

Heroes Showdown — game info

Platforms: Windows
Player modes: Single-player, Online PvP
PC Game Pass: Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jul 13, 2022

The servers are permanently offline, and the game didn't even notify me of that, it made me waste 20min just waiting in the menu screen giving a illusion that the game is loading, lol

4 found this helpful

Not recommended Apr 19, 2021

Does not work - servers are offline. That's also reason for delisting this item from Steam Store.

4 found this helpful

Recommended Jan 31, 2025

I am a 45 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single farther to my Son, who is 14 now. My son got this game immediately after release. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching YouTube. So I decided to make a Steam account and get this game to see if I could maybe play alongside him. I loaded into the game, picked my character and started playing but I was stuck on what you where supposed to do. I asked my Son for help and he hosted a game for me to join. I loved it as it was the best time I had spent with my Son since my wife had died. This game has ever since brought me and my son closer again and now we actually spend time together outside the house together as well. This game reminded me that there's fun to be had in everything, and it has brought both me and my Son many happy memories.

Recommended Jan 23, 2023

Tis quite fun indeed.

Not recommended Dec 26, 2022

fk Glohow.

Recommended Jan 30, 2021

i like that item system its difrentr than other CHESS

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