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Immersion Chess

Immersion · 2017-05-15

Steam

CasualFree To PlaySportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lose yourself in the most immersive virtual rendition of the world’s most beloved classic: Chess! Whether you’re using advanced VR technology (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift etc.) or just playing on a standard computer, users of both interfaces from around the world can now challenge each other in real time.

Immersion Chess is a 2017 Casual, Free To Play, Sports and Strategy game that is free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 139 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
64%
positive of 140 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 29,927 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920172026Week of 2017-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
80May 2017May 2026May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 2Feb 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

29
achievements tracked
15.8%
earned "Warm-Up"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-09-06 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRChessCasualSportsStrategyTabletopFree to Play

Census log

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

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