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Chess Brain: Dark Troops cover art

Chess Brain: Dark Troops

Caio Flavio · 2021-02-04

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 31, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Feb 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

This game develops the ability to predict movement in Chess, using a playful and immersive concept. The dark troops march in a single sound. They are more organized and smarter

Chess Brain: Dark Troops is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 64 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.77★
PlayStation Store rating (53 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-12-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 12 of 19 observed days · $3.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420212026Week of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.492021-02-042026-10-112021-02-04 — best price $0.992021-03-29 — best price $0.642021-05-24 — best price $0.992021-07-26 — best price $0.542021-09-20 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.592021-12-01 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.592022-02-28 — best price $0.992022-06-24 — best price $0.692022-07-18 — best price $0.992022-10-31 — best price $0.592022-11-29 — best price $0.992022-12-23 — best price $0.492023-01-16 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-05-29 — best price $0.642023-07-24 — best price $0.992024-03-16 — best price $0.592024-07-11 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-11-24 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $2.242026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $3.992026-09-20 — best price $3.992026-10-11 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
90.2%
earned "'When the Dark Troops arrived...""
50.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

ChessLogicPuzzleSokobanRelaxingStrategyTabletopBoard GameMinimalistProgramming

Census log

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

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