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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

Conor Petersen · 2020-07-22

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel is an Indie game released in 2020, priced at $11.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 8982 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

11
playing now
97%
positive of 9.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 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 3% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 180k–404k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,982 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 5 of 10 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

4462026-09-14 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 40 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32415Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 324 · peak 640Sep 2020 — avg 53 · peak 128Nov 2020 — avg 35 · peak 85Jan 2021 — avg 66 · peak 200Mar 2021 — avg 49 · peak 261May 2021 — avg 50 · peak 102Jul 2021 — avg 53 · peak 119Sep 2021 — avg 50 · peak 104Nov 2021 — avg 43 · peak 98Jan 2022 — avg 42 · peak 105Mar 2022 — avg 29 · peak 71May 2022 — avg 29 · peak 77Jul 2022 — avg 29 · peak 73Sep 2022 — avg 22 · peak 45Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 39Jan 2023 — avg 52 · peak 104Mar 2023 — avg 43 · peak 112May 2023 — avg 35 · peak 74Jul 2023 — avg 57 · peak 144Sep 2023 — avg 35 · peak 87Nov 2023 — avg 29 · peak 64Jan 2024 — avg 29 · peak 68Mar 2024 — avg 22 · peak 54May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 65Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 47Sep 2024 — avg 27 · peak 74Nov 2024 — avg 28 · peak 74Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 75Mar 2025 — avg 28 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 49Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 57Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 38Nov 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Jan 2026 — avg 31 · peak 81Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 43May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 53
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

117502026-06-02 — 105 pageviews2026-06-06 — 79 pageviews2026-06-10 — 85 pageviews2026-06-14 — 66 pageviews2026-06-18 — 100 pageviews2026-06-22 — 84 pageviews2026-06-26 — 92 pageviews2026-06-30 — 84 pageviews2026-07-04 — 69 pageviews2026-07-08 — 108 pageviews2026-07-12 — 55 pageviews2026-07-16 — 85 pageviews2026-07-20 — 70 pageviews2026-07-24 — 76 pageviews2026-07-28 — 77 pageviews2026-08-01 — 66 pageviews2026-08-05 — 78 pageviews2026-08-09 — 88 pageviews2026-08-13 — 81 pageviews2026-08-17 — 63 pageviews2026-08-21 — 73 pageviews2026-08-25 — 72 pageviews2026-08-29 — 69 pageviews2026-09-02 — 88 pageviews2026-09-06 — 90 pageviews2026-09-10 — 91 pageviews2026-09-14 — 68 pageviews2026-09-18 — 72 pageviews2026-09-22 — 65 pageviews2026-09-26 — 62 pageviews2026-09-30 — 70 pageviews2026-10-04 — 71 pageviews2026-10-08 — 79 pageviews2026-10-11 — 85 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPChessIndiePuzzleStrategyDifficultBoard GameMultiplayerTime TravelSingleplayer

Census log

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

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