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The Chess Variants Club

Minimol Games · 2020-12-15

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play and discover 12 popular chess variants, improve your chess skills with hundreds of chess puzzles, or simply play regular chess with your friends - all in one package. This diverse collection includes several chess games and puzzles. All in a minimalist, beautifully designed virtual chess club.

80%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (18 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 27,263 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-03-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820202025Week of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

PvPChessLogicCasualPuzzleRelaxingStrategyTabletopTacticalEducation

Census log

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

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