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Chess Kingdom

Pinch Games · 2026-05-01

Steam

CasualSimulationStrategy

A hundred chess games on Steam. One of them gives you 40 AI opponents up to 2550 Elo, live open lobbies, async play, a league mode and lessons that turn beginners into threats. You already know which one this is.

92%
positive of 50 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 15,276 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2026-08-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 36 of 49 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020262026Week of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.992026-04-012026-09-152026-04-01 — best price $2.692026-04-16 — best price $2.992026-04-20 — best price $2.102026-04-27 — best price $2.992026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-05-14 — best price $4.992026-05-22 — best price $4.992026-05-27 — best price $4.992026-06-01 — best price $3.892026-06-12 — best price $3.492026-06-18 — best price $2.042026-06-25 — best price $2.092026-07-08 — best price $2.102026-07-11 — best price $3.732026-07-14 — best price $2.092026-07-16 — best price $1.802026-07-27 — best price $4.992026-07-29 — best price $1.252026-08-11 — best price $1.132026-08-21 — best price $1.252026-08-24 — best price $1.252026-09-02 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $3.732026-09-15 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam Cloud

31 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Census log

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