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Chess

Popoko VM Games · 2024-05-25

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 25, 2024 (Mac)

Play classic chess on Steam: challenge AI opponents, invite friends online, solve puzzles, customize your board, and unlock achievements.

78%
positive of 104 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,817
twitch viewers (latest)
$6.79
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.79-15%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820242026Week of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$5.992024-05-252026-08-242024-05-25 — best price $6.792024-06-27 — best price $6.792024-07-22 — best price $6.792024-09-02 — best price $6.792024-10-14 — best price $6.792024-11-27 — best price $6.792024-12-20 — best price $6.792025-02-10 — best price $6.392025-03-13 — best price $6.392025-03-31 — best price $6.792025-05-12 — best price $6.792025-06-27 — best price $6.392025-07-14 — best price $6.792025-08-25 — best price $6.392025-09-29 — best price $6.392025-11-17 — best price $6.392025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-26 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-03-30 — best price $6.792026-05-11 — best price $6.792026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-13 — best price $6.792026-08-24 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
58.2%
earned "Pawn's Journey"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Difficulty

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Player tags

2DPvPChessLogicCasualStrategyBoard GameSingleplayerLocal MultiplayerTurn-Based Tactics

Census log

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

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