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Zen Chess: Mate in Three cover art

Zen Chess: Mate in Three

Minimol Games · 2019-04-30

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 30, 2019 (Mac)

Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

77%
positive of 75 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 27,792 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 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 (2020-03-30) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320192026Week of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.492019-05-012026-10-082019-05-01 — best price $0.792019-08-26 — best price $0.592019-11-26 — best price $0.592019-12-19 — best price $0.592020-02-10 — best price $0.592020-05-18 — best price $0.592020-07-13 — best price $0.692020-10-21 — best price $0.592020-12-14 — best price $0.592021-02-01 — best price $0.592021-03-22 — best price $0.592021-05-17 — best price $0.992021-07-26 — best price $0.992021-10-25 — best price $0.992021-11-22 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-03-12 — best price $0.542022-07-10 — best price $0.992022-10-31 — best price $0.992022-12-19 — best price $0.992023-02-13 — best price $0.992023-04-17 — best price $0.992023-08-14 — best price $0.542023-11-21 — best price $0.792023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-02-26 — best price $0.542024-04-08 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-08-15 — best price $0.842024-10-18 — best price $0.792024-11-27 — best price $0.542025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-02-10 — best price $0.792025-08-01 — best price $0.492025-09-29 — best price $0.692025-11-21 — best price $0.542026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-04-07 — best price $0.492026-10-01 — best price $0.492026-10-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Player tags

ChessLogicCasualPuzzleAbstractColorfulRelaxingStrategyTabletopEducation

Census log

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

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