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Samurai Chess

Minimol Games · 2021-04-16

Steam

CasualSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The classical game of chess... now with samurai warriors! Play chess against your friends or versus the computer, unlock new scenarios and chess pieces, and prove yourself to be a real samurai.

Samurai Chess is a Casual, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 40 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 40 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020212026Week of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.792021-04-162026-07-092021-04-16 — best price $1.492021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-21 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-06 — best price $1.092022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-07 — best price $1.192022-04-04 — best price $1.992022-08-01 — best price $1.192022-09-12 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992022-12-19 — best price $1.992023-01-23 — best price $1.092023-03-13 — best price $1.992023-04-17 — best price $0.992023-06-05 — best price $1.992023-07-24 — best price $1.092023-10-16 — best price $1.992023-12-11 — best price $1.092024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-03-11 — best price $0.992024-04-29 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-07-29 — best price $1.992024-10-14 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-01-27 — best price $1.992025-04-09 — best price $1.392025-09-24 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-01 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-05-28 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
59.8%
earned "First of many"
8.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

ChessCasualPuzzleSportsAssassinMedievalStrategyStylizedTabletopBoard Game

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.