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Chess Evolved Online

TheGrandestine · 2021-02-22

Steam

StrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

secretly the most overpowered game in existence

Chess Evolved Online is a free-to-play Strategy, Free To Play and Early Access game released in 2021, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 804 reviews).

12
playing now
91%
positive of 805 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320212026Week of 2021-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1872026-09-15 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
639Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 63 · peak 99Apr 2021 — avg 41 · peak 77Jun 2021 — avg 32 · peak 49Aug 2021 — avg 26 · peak 42Oct 2021 — avg 23 · peak 38Dec 2021 — avg 25 · peak 43Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 41Apr 2022 — avg 42 · peak 75Jun 2022 — avg 25 · peak 44Aug 2022 — avg 21 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 21 · peak 43Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 33Feb 2023 — avg 23 · peak 39Apr 2023 — avg 20 · peak 34Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 29Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 19 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 21 · peak 34Apr 2024 — avg 23 · peak 54Jun 2024 — avg 25 · peak 43Aug 2024 — avg 20 · peak 40Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 30Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 22Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 22 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

1
achievements tracked
1.6%
earned "[REDACTED]"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3100%1

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPvEPvPChessMagicFantasyColorfulTacticalTop-DownCard Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

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