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Chessformer

Robert Alvarez · 2022-01-18

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.

100%
positive of 323 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 21,744 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.5k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 323 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-04-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320222026Week of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492022-01-182025-10-132022-01-18 — best price $4.242022-04-25 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $3.742022-08-08 — best price $4.992022-10-10 — best price $3.492022-11-21 — best price $4.992022-12-23 — best price $3.492023-01-16 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.492023-05-01 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $3.492023-07-24 — best price $4.992023-10-30 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-01-29 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-04-29 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-10-14 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-01-27 — best price $4.992025-03-24 — best price $2.492025-05-12 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $2.492025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-10-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
98%
earned "4 Levels"
67.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)35466%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DChessLogicShortCasualPuzzleRelaxingStrategyDifficultBoard Game

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.