The Game Census
Chess of Blades cover art

Chess of Blades

Argent Games · 2018-01-05

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 2017 (Mac), Sep 2017 (Linux), Sep 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

At a huge celebration in a secluded fantasy castle, the young nobleman Rivian is faced with murder, mystery, and romance in a whirlwind tale of dangerous intrigue.

91%
positive of 117 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 117 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2020-06-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$12.492018-01-072026-07-092018-01-07 — best price $19.492018-06-21 — best price $21.242018-11-21 — best price $21.242018-12-20 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $18.742019-10-11 — best price $18.742019-12-19 — best price $16.742020-03-03 — best price $18.742020-06-09 — best price $12.492020-11-25 — best price $17.492020-12-22 — best price $17.492021-02-11 — best price $17.492021-06-09 — best price $17.492021-06-25 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $12.492022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $12.492022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $12.492023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $12.492023-11-21 — best price $16.742023-12-21 — best price $13.742024-03-14 — best price $16.742024-06-27 — best price $12.492024-12-20 — best price $12.492025-03-13 — best price $12.492025-06-26 — best price $12.492025-09-29 — best price $12.492025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
72%
earned "Stick by Your Friends"
44.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

IndieCasualLGBTQ+RomanceTabletopVisual NovelSexual Content

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.