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Chesster

Team Chesster · Surprise Attack · 2016-03-16

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 16, 2016 (Mac), Mar 16, 2016 (Linux)

Chess meets match-three to create a deep and strategic new experience. Faced with a board full of chess pieces, you must create rows or columns of matching pieces to score points. Pieces move the same way as in chess and “take” the piece in their target destination, clearing it from the board.

Chesster is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $3.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 20 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-08

75%
positive of 20 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 76% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162019Week of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

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