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Zen Chess: Champion's Moves

Minimol Games · 2019-10-01

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 01, 2019 (Mac), Oct 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Zen Chess: Champion's Moves you will be put in the position of a World Chess Champion. Play through historical games and solve the same chess problems the champions had to solve to win each game.

54%
positive of 50 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 27,792 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-04-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420192026Week of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.492019-10-012026-10-082019-10-01 — best price $0.792019-11-26 — best price $0.592020-01-06 — best price $0.592020-02-24 — best price $0.592020-06-08 — best price $0.492020-07-27 — best price $0.492020-10-21 — best price $0.592020-11-16 — best price $0.592020-12-22 — best price $0.592021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-04-29 — best price $0.992021-08-16 — best price $0.992021-10-25 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-04-04 — best price $0.992022-08-15 — best price $0.542022-11-22 — best price $0.492023-01-23 — best price $0.492023-03-27 — best price $0.542023-06-19 — best price $0.542023-07-31 — best price $0.542023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-08 — best price $0.542024-03-14 — best price $0.792024-05-13 — best price $0.542024-08-19 — best price $0.492024-10-07 — best price $0.992024-11-18 — best price $0.992024-12-20 — best price $0.492025-02-03 — best price $0.992025-05-08 — best price $0.992025-08-21 — best price $0.992025-11-10 — best price $0.992026-01-08 — best price $0.992026-06-11 — best price $0.992026-10-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

ChessLogicCasualPuzzleAbstractColorfulRelaxingStrategyTabletopEducation

Census log

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