Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$88Kest

grossAtFullPrice $177K · promo blend

Net to developer

$57Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

11,039

69 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$24K27% of LTD

2K units · $11.51 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 223 reviews collected over 9.7 years; balanced multi-language 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

2,07918.8%

Tail · units

8,96081.2%

Launch · gross

$24K

$24K27.1%

Tail · gross

$64K

$64K72.9%

Net to dev

$57K

$57K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier C · ▼ 5 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

80%

→ 68

Score history · 30d retention

41 (14d ago)68 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition · 57 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 68

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+2.5

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+2.2

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+2.0

BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons116 reviews · 92% pos · Deep Green Games · 2020

+1.9

Egyptian Senet195 reviews · 81% pos · Ezzat Studios · 2015

+1.9

ChessCraft79 reviews · 96% pos · Stuart Spence · 2021

+1.8

BOT.vinnik Chess: Winning Patterns74 reviews · 93% pos · Deep Green Games · 2020

+1.7

BOT.vinnik Chess: Opening Traps58 reviews · 87% pos · Deep Green Games · 2020

+1.5

Chess Pills41 reviews · 90% pos · Deep Green Games · 2022

+1.5

BOT.vinnik Chess: Mid-Century USSR Championships31 reviews · 96% pos · Deep Green Games · 2021

+1.4

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+16.0

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Review score

6/ 9

Mostly Positive

% positive

73.7%cohort 71%

199 pos · 71 neg

Total reviews

270tracked

270 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

1 this month

Steam-purchase rate

80.4%flat

19.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

19 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

48.9%13270%

RURussian

15.2%4176%

ZHSimplified Chinese

6.7%1883%

ESSpanish

5.2%1471%

FRFrench

4.8%1377%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

4.4%1292%

DEGerman

3.3%978%

ITItalian

1.9%580%

TRTurkish

1.9%560%

KOKorean

1.9%5100%

PLPolish

1.5%450%

PTPortuguese

1.1%3100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 58

48%positive

21.5% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 153

77%positive

56.7% of reviews

10-100h 57

89%positive

21.1% of reviews

100h+ 2

100%positive

0.7% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 199Negative 71

403020100

16·0917·1219·1221·0122·0123·0224·0325·0726·01

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

270 reviews

Free product

6/ 270

2.2% of total50% positive

Early access

0/ 270

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

47/ 270

17.4% of total66% positive

Steam Deck

0/ 270

0.0% of total— no data

Steam purchase

217/ 270

80.4% of total74% positive

Recommended

199/ 270

73.7% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

71/ 270

26.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

270/ 270

100.0% of total74% positive

223 reviews · 75% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.