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Chessarama

Minimol Games · 2023-12-05

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 17, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 17, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. Solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards. Welcome to Chessarama!

Chessarama is a $14.99 Casual and Strategy game released in 2023, with Very Positive sentiment (87% of 182 reviews) and an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000.— census verdict as of 2026-10-15

87%
positive of 182 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

The ancient game of Chess… reimagined. Over and over again. Chessarama is a collection of original chess-inspired turn-based games. Choose a game, quickly learn its rules and play through the campaigns, community levels or build your own puzzles. Chessarama features several full games, each one of them with its own set of rules, art, pieces and game mechanics. Each game will feature a Creative Mode that will allow you to create your own puzzles and challenge other players to beat it.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (69 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 182 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720232026Week of 2023-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.992023-12-052026-10-102023-12-05 — best price $13.492024-01-11 — best price $11.992024-03-07 — best price $11.242024-03-14 — best price $10.492024-04-14 — best price $11.992024-06-08 — best price $11.242024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-07-15 — best price $11.992024-09-18 — best price $11.242024-11-07 — best price $11.242024-11-27 — best price $10.492024-12-19 — best price $10.492025-01-16 — best price $14.992025-03-08 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-17 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-17 — best price $9.742025-07-28 — best price $14.992025-09-04 — best price $8.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $6.742025-10-20 — best price $7.492025-11-27 — best price $6.742025-12-11 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-26 — best price $6.742026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-09 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "First step"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

21 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-12-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CozyCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingStrategyTabletopDifficultBoard GameSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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