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Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition cover art

Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition

Ripstone · 2016-09-09

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 11, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Sep 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 09, 2016 (Xbox One), May 29, 2012 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 20, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Apr 15, 2014 (PlayStation 4)

Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better! Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition is a stunning celebration of the greatest strategy game of all time.

Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition is a $6.39 Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Sports game released in 2016, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 280 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 280 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.39
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Pure Chess is a chess video game by British developer VooFoo Studios.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 280 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-12-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.83 · on sale 3 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720162026Week of 2016-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 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 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
91Sep 2016Sep 2026Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 29Dec 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5

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

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

Price history

$15.99$1.002016-09-092026-07-142016-09-09 — best price $9.742017-04-12 — best price $15.992018-07-05 — best price $15.992019-12-19 — best price $7.992020-07-27 — best price $6.392020-08-23 — best price $14.392020-09-17 — best price $11.752020-10-02 — best price $14.392020-10-17 — best price $14.392020-11-01 — best price $14.392020-11-16 — best price $14.392020-12-03 — best price $14.392021-01-12 — best price $11.752021-01-26 — best price $11.752021-02-11 — best price $6.392021-03-04 — best price $15.992021-03-19 — best price $15.992021-04-03 — best price $11.752021-04-30 — best price $11.752021-05-15 — best price $14.392021-05-30 — best price $11.752021-11-17 — best price $15.992022-03-21 — best price $13.432022-04-27 — best price $6.392022-07-07 — best price $15.992022-09-28 — best price $14.372022-12-01 — best price $15.992023-02-02 — best price $15.992023-04-18 — best price $15.992023-06-21 — best price $5.512023-09-29 — best price $13.432024-01-05 — best price $13.432024-02-20 — best price $5.602024-04-08 — best price $4.792024-06-27 — best price $5.282024-09-30 — best price $13.432025-04-18 — best price $6.292026-07-14 — best price $15.83
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1422026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-02 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 3 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
68%
earned "Check"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-11-16, latest 2017-01-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

ChessIndieCasualPuzzleSportsStrategyTabletopEducationRealisticBoard Game

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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