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Chess games on Steam

38 games carry the tag · 0 released in the last 12 months (vs 9 the year before) · median price $4.99

The verdict

Not enough estimated games in this niche for an honest verdict yet — a median under the coverage floor would be a lie with confidence. The counted facts below stand on their own.

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 1,023 stored reviews from 38 games.

Gameplay & mechanics80% positive · 325 mentions · 34 games
Difficulty & balance74% positive · 236 mentions · 32 games
Price & value74% positive · 231 mentions · 30 games
Content & longevity82% positive · 219 mentions · 27 games
Performance & stability64% positive · 213 mentions · 22 games
Visuals & audio82% positive · 202 mentions · 30 games
Story & writing77% positive · 184 mentions · 17 games
Controls & UI57% positive · 110 mentions · 29 games
Multiplayer & community82% positive · 87 mentions · 19 games

Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 97% of the niche's 55,947 reviews; it takes 2 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Chess games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
FPS Chess 2022 44,360 Very Positive
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate 2022 7,455 Very Positive
King of the Bridge 2024 1,779 Overwhelmingly Positive
The Ouroboros King 2023 580 Mostly Positive
Master of Chess 2025 300 Very Positive
Chess Survivors 2023 163 Very Positive
Tsunagari Chess School 2024 157 Mixed
Chess 2024 109 Mostly Positive
The Rookery 2024 105 Very Positive
Dice Assassin 2024 103 Mostly Positive

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Counts are measured (reviews, releases, prices); concentration is review-share, not an index; momentum is new-review pace between our own daily observations, computed across the segment's 400 most-reviewed games.