# The Council \- Episode 5: Checkmate

Summer DB entity ID: 8baf307d\-89c6\-4057\-ba69\-b3b074572dd2

Steam App ID: 731000

Checkmate is the fifth and final episode of The Council’s inaugural season\. The Complete Season of The Council grants access to all 5 episodes\.    As his assumptions about reality come crashing down around him, Louis de Richet must take the final steps on deciding his path – and the fate of the world\. Democracies, monarchies, and the future of nations hang in the balance\.    This finale brings all your decisions, mistakes, and victories to the fore as Louis’ alliances, enemies, and family all come together for a climatic confrontation\. Who will win, and can the De Richets survive the island in the end?      Finish the adventure in The Council Episode 5: Checkmate as kings fall, pawns rise, and the choice, as always, is yours\.

## Game information

- Type: dlc

- Developer: Big Bad Wolf

- Publisher: Focus Entertainment

- Release date: Dec 4, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: 287630

- Genres: Adventure, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Downloadable Content, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/731000/ss\_2968b0bfacef7d384276b7bb24bbf2e5582845bb\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1651154402, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/731000/ss\_b38ac02b30a15f0ad359f033a2cc1d5699ad0c77\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1651154402

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 42

- Steam positive reviews: 24

- Steam negative reviews: 18

- Steam positive percentage: 57.142857142857146%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T04:27:15\.128032\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T04:27:16\.202141\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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