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天下为棋

LameCat Studio · East2west Games · 2024-02-01

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.

天下为棋 is a 2024 Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game priced at $11.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 487 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 487 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (209 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.7k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 487 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at IndieGala Store (2024-09-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16316320212026Week of 2021-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
721Nov 2021Nov 2024Nov 2021 — avg 72 · peak 193Dec 2021 — avg 20 · peak 57Jan 2022 — avg 15 · peak 44Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 41Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 32Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 30Oct 2022 — avg 18 · peak 63Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 43Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4

▼ −1 avg players (−29.5%) vs prior month — Nov 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$3.592021-11-102026-05-282021-11-10 — best price $10.192022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-10-01 — best price $9.592023-01-23 — best price $11.992023-03-24 — best price $11.992023-06-12 — best price $5.392023-07-01 — best price $9.492023-07-17 — best price $11.992023-08-07 — best price $5.392023-08-17 — best price $5.752023-09-11 — best price $6.292023-09-26 — best price $9.442023-10-10 — best price $9.442023-11-17 — best price $7.192023-12-14 — best price $5.992023-12-28 — best price $11.992024-01-18 — best price $5.392024-02-08 — best price $5.992024-02-19 — best price $5.392024-03-05 — best price $4.942024-03-13 — best price $10.192024-03-23 — best price $11.992024-04-15 — best price $11.992024-04-23 — best price $6.592024-05-13 — best price $4.502024-06-18 — best price $4.192024-06-28 — best price $11.992024-07-16 — best price $4.192024-07-31 — best price $11.992024-08-19 — best price $4.052024-09-13 — best price $4.192024-09-24 — best price $9.442024-10-21 — best price $11.992024-11-18 — best price $3.602024-12-05 — best price $5.992026-05-07 — best price $7.192026-05-28 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
90.8%
earned "Bite tongue carefully"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1090%47

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGDarkRetroFantasyStrategyDifficultHand-drawnRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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