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Chess Brain cover art

Chess Brain

Caio Flavio · 2020-09-08

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2020 (Linux), Sep 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 08, 2020 (Mac), Nov 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

90%
positive of 164 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 22,791 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 164 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620202026Week of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.492020-09-082026-04-062020-09-08 — best price $0.742020-10-26 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.792021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-03-15 — best price $0.692021-05-03 — best price $0.992021-06-25 — best price $0.592021-08-16 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.592021-11-22 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.592022-02-14 — best price $0.992022-06-13 — best price $0.692022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-09-19 — best price $0.592022-10-31 — best price $0.992023-01-02 — best price $0.592023-02-20 — best price $0.992023-03-27 — best price $0.542023-05-29 — best price $0.992023-08-07 — best price $0.642024-01-29 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-10-07 — best price $0.742026-01-05 — best price $0.742026-02-23 — best price $0.992026-03-30 — best price $0.742026-04-06 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
96.3%
earned "#1"
53.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Player tags

ChessIndieLogicPuzzleSokobanRelaxingStrategyTabletopBoard GameMinimalist

Census log

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

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