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Checkmate!

Softwaves Mini · HandMade Games · 2018-09-07

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A classic for great fun, a virtual and improved chess game! Protect you king from a checkmate!

Checkmate! is a 2018 Casual, Indie, and Strategy game priced at $0.49, with a Mixed sentiment based on 44% of 16 reviews and an estimated owner count of 0 .. 20,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

44%
positive of 16 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 82% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120182025Week of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

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