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Dark Chess
Tall Troll Games
· Feb 28, 2023
Chess
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy
Puzzle
Turn-Based Tactics
+15
D
Like Score · tier D
21
qualityScore
▲
1 · 7d
Price · -60% promo
$5.19
$12.99
Reviews
155
77% positive
Inbound MLT
15
peers liking this
Lifetime units
5,115
est · medium conf
Status
Live
Mostly Positive
Live
· refreshed Jul 3
Store ↗
|
Community ↗
01
Sales
$58K est
02
Like Score
21 · 15
03
Reviews
204
04
Overlap
—
Lifetime gross spend
$58K
est
grossAtFullPrice $27K · promo blend
Net to developer
$38K
est
after Valve / VAT / refunds
Lifetime units
5,115
▼ 100.0%
44 / day median · launch
Launch window · 30d
$5K
8% of LTD
1K units · $3.74 ASP
Confidence
medium
±18%
Based on 155 reviews collected over 3.3 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.
01
Revenue · monthly
Gross consumer spend USD
Gross
01
Like Score
qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus
21
QUALITY SCORE
Tier
D
·
▲ 1
7d
D ●
C
B
A
S
Inbound
15
×
Σ log₁₀(R+1)
15
Avg pos%
53%
→ 21
Score history · 30d retention
23 (29d ago)
21 (now)
02
Biggest games linking to you
Steam puts Dark Chess in their “More Like This” · 15 inbound · top 10 by audience
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8.0K reviews · 96% pos · Conor Petersen · 2020
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31 reviews · 96% pos · Deep Green Games · 2021
BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships
30 reviews · 93% pos · Deep Green Games · 2021
BOT.vinnik Chess: Late USSR Championships
27 reviews · 92% pos · Deep Green Games · 2021
BOT.vinnik Chess: Prodigies
15 reviews · 93% pos · Deep Green Games · 2022
Combat Chess
18 reviews · 72% pos · Minds Eye Productions · 2021
canVERSE
25 reviews · 64% pos · canVERSE Games Ltd. · 2022
SLOP FIGHTER
1 reviews · 100% pos · akickintheteeth · 2026
Chess Bulk
0 reviews · 0% pos · Chess phD
03
Dark Chess’s “More like this”
Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
Cat Chess
0%
0
#2
Gambonanza
74%
1.3K
#3
Dark Chess Demo
—
—
#4
Wingspan
94%
9.6K
#5
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
96%
8.0K
#6
Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction
0%
0
#7
Infernal Chess
0%
0
#8
Prelude Dark Pain
0%
0
Review score
6
/ 9
Mostly Positive
% positive
75.0%
cohort 71%
153 pos · 51 neg
Total reviews
204
tracked
204 crawled
Velocity · all-time
0 / day
est
204 all-time
Steam-purchase rate
64.7%
flat
35.3% free / EA / key
01
Language distribution
Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive
15 languages · top 12 shown
EN
English
45.1%
92
70%
RU
Russian
21.1%
43
81%
ZH
Simplified Chinese
20.1%
41
73%
PT
Brazilian Portuguese
2.9%
6
100%
TW
Traditional Chinese
2.5%
5
60%
DE
German
1.5%
3
100%
FR
French
1.5%
3
100%
ES
Spanish
1.5%
3
67%
UK
Ukrainian
1.0%
2
100%
KO
Korean
0.5%
1
100%
TR
Turkish
0.5%
1
100%
CZ
Czech
0.5%
1
100%
02
Reviews by playtime
Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket
0-1h
51
61
%
positive
25.0% of reviews
refund window
1-10h
128
77
%
positive
62.7% of reviews
10-100h
24
92
%
positive
11.8% of reviews
100h+
1
100
%
positive
0.5% of reviews
03
Monthly timeline
Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch
Positive 153
Negative 51
40
30
20
10
0
22·10
23·03
23·08
24·01
24·07
25·01
25·06
26·03
26·06
04
Breakdowns
Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive
204 reviews
Free product
16
/ 204
7.8% of total
88% positive
Early access
56
/ 204
27.5% of total
95% positive
Key activation
56
/ 204
27.5% of total
71% positive
Steam Deck
1
/ 204
0.5% of total
100% positive
Steam purchase
132
/ 204
64.7% of total
75% positive
Recommended
153
/ 204
75.0% of total
— votedUp
Not recommended
51
/ 204
25.0% of total
— votedDown
Reviews crawled
204
/ 204
100.0% of total
75% positive
155
reviews
·
77%
positive
Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.
