Master of Chess — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$137Kest

grossAtFullPrice $137K · promo blend

Net to developer

$88Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

6,841▼ 100.0%

17 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$7K5% of LTD

505 units · $14.39 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 271 reviews collected over 7 months; balanced multi-language audience; 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

505

5057.4%

Tail · units

6,33692.6%

Launch · gross

$7K

$7K5.3%

Tail · gross

$129K

$129K94.7%

Net to dev

$88K

$88K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier C · ▼ 3 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

79%

→ 32

Score history · 30d retention

20 (14d ago)32 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Master of Chess · 35 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 32

3D Math - Ultra211 reviews · 93% pos · Big Mind Games 9000 · 2020

+2.2

Franchise Hockey Manager 8192 reviews · 81% pos · Out of the Park Developments · 2021

+1.9

ChessCraft79 reviews · 96% pos · Stuart Spence · 2021

+1.8

Orienteering Simulator30 reviews · 86% pos · MirageDeveloper · 2024

+1.3

Wild Wild Chess21 reviews · 90% pos · Minimol Games · 2021

+1.2

Brain Games27 reviews · 81% pos · Serhii Khramov · 2021

+1.2

Samurai Chess31 reviews · 77% pos · Minimol Games · 2021

+1.2

Let's Learn Shogi31 reviews · 77% pos · Dr. Cyril Splutterworth · 2020

+1.2

Chess Opening Repertoire Builder30 reviews · 76% pos · BRANE · 2024

+1.1

Pro Strategy Football 202523 reviews · 78% pos · Kerry Batts · 2024

+1.1

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+8.6

03 Master of Chess’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

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——

#2Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

96%36K

#3Cat Chess

0%0

#4Infinity: HexaDome Tactics

0%0

#5Olympus Rangers

0%0

#6Chessality

0%0

#7BOT.VINNIK Chess Masters Academy

0%0

#8Texas Hold'em Poker: Pokerist

66%2.6K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

83.5%cohort 71%

233 pos · 46 neg

Total reviews

279tracked

279 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

6 this month

Steam-purchase rate

96.4%flat

3.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

16 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

59.1%16584%

RURussian

9.0%2564%

ESSpanish

7.2%2095%

DEGerman

6.1%1788%

FRFrench

5.7%1688%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

3.2%9100%

ZHSimplified Chinese

2.9%888%

TRTurkish

2.9%888%

PLPolish

1.1%3100%

KOKorean

0.7%250%

DAdanish

0.4%1100%

DUDutch

0.4%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 28

75%positive

10.0% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 127

85%positive

45.5% of reviews

10-100h 112

82%positive

40.1% of reviews

100h+ 12

100%positive

4.3% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 233Negative 46

594430150

24·0624·0924·1225·0325·0625·0925·1226·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

279 reviews

Free product

2/ 279

0.7% of total100% positive

Early access

224/ 279

80.3% of total88% positive

Key activation

8/ 279

2.9% of total75% positive

Steam Deck

1/ 279

0.4% of total0% positive

Steam purchase

269/ 279

96.4% of total84% positive

Recommended

233/ 279

83.5% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

46/ 279

16.5% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

279/ 279

100.0% of total84% positive

271 reviews · 83% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.