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Chess Knights: Shinobi cover art

Chess Knights: Shinobi

Minimol Games · 2020-11-18

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 18, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 18, 2020 (Mac), May 18, 2021 (PlayStation 5), May 18, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 18, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage, and assassination.

Chess Knights: Shinobi is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 70 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 70 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.13★
PlayStation Store rating (53 ratings)
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.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (33 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2020-08-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 20 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220202025Week of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 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$1.192020-08-212026-10-092020-08-21 — best price $1.192020-10-26 — best price $2.992020-11-16 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-03-31 — best price $2.992021-06-03 — best price $2.992021-07-26 — best price $2.992021-10-25 — best price $2.992021-11-19 — best price $1.492021-12-04 — best price $2.992022-01-24 — best price $2.992022-04-21 — best price $2.992022-08-15 — best price $1.792022-11-22 — best price $1.492023-01-16 — best price $1.642023-03-16 — best price $2.392023-06-08 — best price $1.492023-07-17 — best price $1.492023-10-23 — best price $1.642023-12-04 — best price $1.642024-03-14 — best price $2.392024-06-08 — best price $1.492024-07-24 — best price $1.642024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-11-01 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $1.642025-01-13 — best price $2.992025-03-04 — best price $2.992025-04-24 — best price $2.992025-08-24 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-11 — best price $1.492026-01-08 — best price $2.992026-03-15 — best price $2.992026-04-28 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-09-18 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
78.5%
earned "Hiraishin"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-10-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CuteChessNinjaPuzzleStealthAbstractAssassinColorfulMedievalStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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