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Chess Knights: Viking Lands cover art

Chess Knights: Viking Lands

Minimol Games · 2020-08-13

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 18, 2021 (Xbox One), Mar 18, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 13, 2020 (Mac), Mar 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Help the Knights to rescue their Kings and Queens in the beautiful and dangerous Vikings Lands. An innovative game concept inspired by chess: infiltrate mindfully, rescue quickly, and get out alive if you can.

Chess Knights: Viking Lands is a Casual and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 71 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
92%
positive of 71 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.97★
PlayStation Store rating (75 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.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 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 (2025-07-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 15 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920202026Week of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 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$1.192020-06-202026-10-092020-06-20 — best price $2.392020-10-12 — best price $2.092020-10-29 — best price $1.792020-12-07 — best price $1.792021-01-25 — best price $1.792021-03-15 — best price $1.792021-04-30 — best price $1.792021-06-24 — best price $1.792021-08-30 — best price $1.792021-10-28 — best price $1.792021-11-19 — best price $1.492021-12-23 — best price $1.792022-01-27 — best price $1.792022-06-24 — best price $1.642022-08-29 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-13 — best price $1.642023-12-21 — best price $2.092024-02-26 — best price $1.642024-04-08 — best price $1.792024-06-13 — best price $2.992024-08-01 — best price $2.992024-09-23 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $2.092025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-03-04 — best price $2.992025-08-21 — best price $2.992025-10-09 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $1.342026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-05-17 — best price $1.342026-08-28 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
93.5%
earned "Arrival"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ChessPuzzleStealthAbstractColorfulMedievalStylizedTabletopCinematicMythology

Census log

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

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