Buckshot Roulette

December 28, 2023SimulationESRB M

Available on

Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 PC Xbox Series X/S Linux

Genres

Simulation Strategy Indie Action

Overview

About Buckshot Roulette

Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver. The player faces off against a computer-controlled opponent called "The Dealer" across three rounds, with consumable items introduced in later rounds that add strategic depth. The game features a single-player campaign and a multiplayer mode for up to four players.

Story setup

Set in an underground nightclub in 1998, the player enters a back room where a mysterious entity known as "The Dealer" awaits. After signing a General Release of Liability waiver, the two engage in a deadly game of modified Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun loaded with a mix of live rounds and blanks. As the rounds escalate and items are introduced to shift the odds, a bloody contract surfaces bearing the name "GOD," mirroring the waiver the player signed moments earlier. The stakes grow higher with each round, and in the final confrontation, there are no second chances.

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At a glance

Released: December 28, 2023
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Linux
Genres: Simulation, Strategy, Indie, Action
Play modes: Single Player, Multiplayer
Age rating: ESRB M
Time to beat: ~1 hours
Multiplayer: By platform

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for Buckshot Roulette.

Rushed: 1hoursMain story only
Typical: 1hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist: 3hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 6 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer by platform

How Buckshot Roulette supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.

Multiplayer capabilities for Buckshot Roulette by platform. Capabilities with no published information are marked "not documented".
Platform	Local	Online	LAN	Split-screen	Co-op campaign	Drop-in/out
PC	No	Yes, up to 4 players	No	No	No	No

Supported (a number is the player cap)
Not supported
Not documented for this platform

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Buckshot Roulette. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ESRBM

Blood
Intense Violence
Use of Alcohol and Tobacco

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Coverage

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A run takes less than half an hour, which is why I keep launching it on evenings when nothing else fits. You sit at a table in a grimy club bathroom opposite a sinister Dealer, who loads a shotgun with a random mix of live and blank shells. You take turns pulling the trigger, on him or on yourself. Handcuffs, cigarettes and a magnifying glass tilt the odds. The tension comes from the maths, and from knowing the next shell could end it. It is a tiny game and thin on content, which is exactly why it ranks eighth. Great hook, though.

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