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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

Conor Petersen · 2020-07-22

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 22, 2020 (Mac)

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

12
playing now
97%
positive of 9.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel is a 2020 chess variant video game developed by Conor Petersen at American studio Thunkspace, released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its titular mechanic, multiverse time travel, allows pieces to travel through time and between timelines in a similar way to how they move through ranks and files. Gameplay begins similarly to ordinary chess, but becomes more complex as players branch additional timelines. Besides the standard starting position, the game features a selection of variant starting positions. Additionally, a puzzle mode is included.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 431 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 179k–404k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,973 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.75 at Steam (2026-01-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58558520202026Week of 2020-07-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3872026-08-11 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 38 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$5.752020-07-222026-08-112020-07-22 — best price $9.592020-10-14 — best price $11.992020-11-25 — best price $9.592021-01-05 — best price $11.992021-03-25 — best price $8.392021-04-26 — best price $11.992021-09-06 — best price $8.872021-10-25 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $7.912022-01-05 — best price $11.992022-05-02 — best price $7.912022-07-07 — best price $11.992022-10-10 — best price $7.192023-01-05 — best price $11.992023-04-24 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $7.912024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $7.072024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $7.912025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $7.912025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $7.312026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $7.912026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-11 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvPChessIndiePuzzleStrategyDifficultBoard GameMultiplayerTime TravelSingleplayer

Census log

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

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