Chessformer — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$47Kest

grossAtFullPrice $47K · promo blend

Net to developer

$30Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

9,450

40 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$4K9% of LTD

1K units · $3.59 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 300 reviews collected over 4.3 years; English-dominant audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

1,19712.7%

Tail · units

8,25387.3%

Launch · gross

$4K

$4K9.1%

Tail · gross

$43K

$43K90.9%

Net to dev

$30K

$30K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier C · ▼ 0 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

87%

→ 31

Score history · 30d retention

15 (14d ago)31 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Chessformer · 26 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 31

Knight Swap124 reviews · 89% pos · Minimol Games · 2019

+1.9

Mate'Morphosis40 reviews · 95% pos · WiseMonkeES · 2026

+1.5

Chess Valley42 reviews · 90% pos · Artur Rezende · 2021

+1.5

SokoChess37 reviews · 91% pos · Daisy Games · 2022

+1.4

Mind Games149 reviews · 64% pos · AK Games · 2016

+1.4

SokoChess White25 reviews · 96% pos · Daisy Games · 2023

+1.4

Knight Swap 234 reviews · 85% pos · Minimol Games · 2019

+1.3

Chess, but...21 reviews · 95% pos · Atan Games · 2022

+1.3

Chess Morph: The Queen's Wormholes16 reviews · 100% pos · Aurea Games Studio · 2023

+1.2

Chess Dungeons24 reviews · 79% pos · Remix Games · 2022

+1.1

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+9.9

03 Chessformer’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

0%0

#5Puzzle Checkers: The Rooks

50%2

#6Puzzle Checkers: The Rooks Demo

——

#7Knight Swap 2

85%34

#8Chess Morph: The Queen's Wormholes

100%16

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

99.7%cohort 71%

299 pos · 1 neg

Total reviews

300tracked

300 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

3 this month

Steam-purchase rate

93.7%flat

6.3% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

15 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

69.3%208100%

ZHSimplified Chinese

6.7%2095%

KOKorean

5.3%16100%

ESSpanish

3.3%10100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

2.7%8100%

TRTurkish

2.7%8100%

DEGerman

2.0%6100%

JAJapanese

1.7%5100%

RURussian

1.7%5100%

FRFrench

1.3%4100%

PLPolish

1.3%4100%

UKUkrainian

1.0%3100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 29

97%positive

9.7% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 260

100%positive

86.7% of reviews

10-100h 9

100%positive

3.0% of reviews

100h+ 2

100%positive

0.7% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 299Negative 1

31231680

22·0122·0823·0323·1024·0524·1225·0726·0226·03

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

300 reviews

Free product

7/ 300

2.3% of total86% positive

Early access

0/ 300

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

12/ 300

4.0% of total92% positive

Steam Deck

7/ 300

2.3% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

281/ 300

93.7% of total100% positive

Recommended

299/ 300

99.7% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

1/ 300

0.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

300/ 300

100.0% of total100% positive

300 reviews · 100% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.