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ChessCraft

Stuart Spence · Frame of Mind · 2021-12-16

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 24, 2019 (Android)

Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces. Play against the computer or your friends online, or win loot by playing one of 80 built-in chess boards in adventure mode.

95%
positive of 85 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 60% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520212026Week of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$3.592021-12-172026-07-092021-12-17 — best price $3.992023-06-26 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $3.592025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-07-09 — best price $3.592025-07-23 — best price $5.992025-10-14 — best price $3.592025-10-21 — best price $5.992026-01-26 — best price $3.592026-02-02 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $3.592026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

ChessLogicSandboxStrategyTabletopMythologyBoard GameHand-drawnMultiplayerLevel Editor

Census log

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

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