Is Idol Showdown free?

Yes — Idol Showdown is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Idol Showdown Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Idol Showdown Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Idol Showdown on Mac?

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

Is Idol Showdown on PC Game Pass?

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

Idol Showdown

Besto Game Team · May 6, 2023 · 2D Fighter, PvP, Anime, Action, Arcade

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Very Positive94% · 5,8558playing now

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Idol Showdown price

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About Idol Showdown

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Idol Showdown is a fan-made fighting game featuring hololive talents with easy-to-learn controls, rollback netcode, and fast 2D combat inspired by each character's personality and memorable moments. Battle across beautifully recreated hololive locations with flashy attacks and original song remixes in this love letter to the hololive community and fighting game genre.

Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.

Idol Showdown — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
Controller: Partial controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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What Steam players say

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

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Idol Showdown is a fighting game that players find fun and relatively easy to pick up, though opinions on its overall quality are mixed. Common complaints include annoying technical issues like being forced to restart the game for graphics or language changes, and some players feel the gameplay lacks depth or enjoyment compared to other fighting games. Players seem to enjoy it casually with friends, though whether it's worth purchasing depends on your expectations for a fighting game.

Recommended Oct 16, 2026

Idol showdown This game is got to be the MOST fun fighting game ive ever played. Controls are really easy to get into, and a lot of endless fun on top of that

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Not recommended Oct 19, 2026

dead

Recommended Oct 15, 2026

Jueguenlo que está pro y es gratis 👋

Recommended Oct 7, 2026

beat the absolute ♥♥♥♥ out of my friend get into a corner KORONE 2M AND/OR 2H LOSE THE ROUND

Recommended Oct 2, 2026

It's fantastic! For the price of FREE you can get such a solid game? The gamefeel has always kinda sucked due to how it kinda feels like your control over the character is TOO direct, but it's FREE so like... who cares?

Recommended Sep 28, 2026

botan sweep

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