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Lazy Chess

Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis · Cinq-Mars Media · 2021-03-12

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 26, 2021 (iOS), Jan 26, 2021 (Android), Mar 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lazy Chess is a new non-profit chess game that narrows your choices down to the best 2 possible moves per turn. The moves provided can always win the game, but how strong are your decisions? Fewer moves. More fun.

Lazy Chess is a 2021 Casual, Indie and Strategy game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 10 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

60%
positive of 10 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 350% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 97% of 27,145 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120212026Week of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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