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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
$12.99
Reviews
155
77% positive
Inbound MLT
17
peers liking this
Lifetime units
5,115
est · medium conf
Status
Live
Mostly Positive
Live
· refreshed Jul 23
Store ↗
|
Community ↗
01
Sales
$53K est
02
Like Score
21 · 17
03
Reviews
204
04
Overlap
20 peers
Lifetime gross spend
$53K
est
grossAtFullPrice $66K · promo blend
Net to developer
$34K
est
after Valve / VAT / refunds
Lifetime units
5,115
▼ 100.0%
44 / day median · launch
Launch window · 30d
$12K
23% of LTD
1K units · $9.35 ASP
Confidence
medium
±18%
Based on 155 reviews collected over 3.4 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
17
×
Σ log₁₀(R+1)
15
Avg pos%
47%
→ 21
Score history · 30d retention
21 (28d ago)
21 (now)
02
Biggest games linking to you
Steam puts Dark Chess in their “More Like This” · 17 inbound · top 10 by audience
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
8.0K reviews · 96% pos · Conor Petersen · 2020
BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons
117 reviews · 92% pos · Deep Green Games · 2020
BOT.vinnik Chess: Mid-Century USSR Championships
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
canVERSE
24 reviews · 66% pos · canVERSE Games Ltd. · 2022
Combat Chess
18 reviews · 72% pos · Minds Eye Productions · 2021
SLOP FIGHTER
1 reviews · 100% pos · akickintheteeth · 2026
Neverbound
0 reviews · 0% pos · Ignition Theory
03
Dark Chess’s “More like this”
Outbound MLT · 30 games
#1
Dark Chess Demo
—
—
#2
Cat Chess
85%
334
#3
Prelude Dark Pain
0%
0
#4
Gambonanza
74%
1.5K
#5
Wingspan
94%
9.7K
#6
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
96%
8.0K
#7
Infernal Chess
0%
0
#8
Chess Bulk
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%
FR
French
1.5%
3
100%
DE
German
1.5%
3
100%
ES
Spanish
1.5%
3
67%
UK
Ukrainian
1.0%
2
100%
TH
Thai
0.5%
1
100%
CZ
Czech
0.5%
1
100%
ES
Latin American Spanish
0.5%
1
0%
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
Reviewers tracked
204
indexed
20 peers with shared reviewers
Strongest peer
Vampire Survivors
11.8%
24 shared reviewers
Net-new audience
92%
est
188 reviewers no peer shares
Avg overlap
7.6%
3 clusters
across 20 top peers
01
Audience overlap · top peers
Of this game’s reviewers, % who also reviewed each peer
Sort:
% overlap
shared
sentiment
% overlap ▼
Game
Overlap
Shared
Sentiment
Vampire Survivors
24 shared · 88% pos
11.8%
24
88%
Slay the Spire
18 shared · 89% pos
8.8%
18
89%
Brotato
18 shared · 94% pos
8.8%
18
94%
V Rising
17 shared · 82% pos
8.3%
17
82%
Inscryption
16 shared · 94% pos
7.8%
16
94%
Hades
16 shared · 100% pos
7.8%
16
100%
Songs of Conquest
15 shared · 87% pos
7.4%
15
87%
BioShock Infinite
15 shared · 87% pos
7.4%
15
87%
Undertale
15 shared · 67% pos
7.4%
15
67%
Darkest Dungeon®
15 shared · 87% pos
7.4%
15
87%
Baldur's Gate 3
15 shared · 93% pos
7.4%
15
93%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
15 shared · 87% pos
7.4%
15
87%
Overwatch®
15 shared · 27% pos
7.4%
15
27%
Frostpunk
14 shared · 86% pos
6.9%
14
86%
Monster Hunter: World
14 shared · 86% pos
6.9%
14
86%
Gladiator Guild Manager
14 shared · 93% pos
6.9%
14
93%
RimWorld
13 shared · 92% pos
6.4%
13
92%
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
13 shared · 100% pos
6.4%
13
100%
Against the Storm
13 shared · 92% pos
6.4%
13
92%
Hollow Knight
13 shared · 69% pos
6.4%
13
69%
Showing 20 peers with shared reviewers
