A door. A table. A man?
*click*
Buckshot Roulette has arrived on Xbox. Mike Klubnika’s critically acclaimed indie horror game — Russian Roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun, millions sold on Steam — is now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox PC via the Microsoft Store for $2.99, and is included in Xbox Game Pass for PC and consoles. If you’ve heard about this game and been waiting for a reason to try it, Game Pass just made it free.
The premise is exactly as blunt as the name suggests. You’re in an underground club. There’s a Dealer across a table. There’s a loaded shotgun. The rules of Russian Roulette apply, except someone replaced the revolver. What follows is a horror-inflected strategy game about probability, bluffing, and the specific tension of not knowing whether the next shell is live — wrapped in an industrial aesthetic that draws heavily from Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin’s visual and sonic sensibilities.
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Where to Get It
$2.99 via the Microsoft Store. Available now. Also included in Xbox Game Pass — if you’re subscribed, download it immediately.
$2.99 via the Microsoft Store. Xbox One is included in the launch — no upgrade required.
$2.99 on the Microsoft Store for Windows. Also included in Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Previously released on Steam. Available there as well for PC players outside the Microsoft ecosystem.
A Dealer plush is also available to pre-order from Youtooz for the collectors in the room.
Buckshot Roulette sold millions of copies at $2.99 on Steam and earned critical acclaim for doing something genuinely unsettling within a simple mechanical framework. Mike Klubnika built the kind of game that people describe to friends and then watch their face change when they realise the concept is real. It’s three dollars. It’s on Game Pass. There’s no reason not to find out.