Passant: A Chess Roguelike — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$71Kest

grossAtFullPrice $71K · promo blend

Net to developer

$46Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

9,126▼ 100.0%

194 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$33K46% of LTD

6K units · $5.61 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 338 reviews collected over 8 months; 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

5,83263.9%

Tail · units

3,29436.1%

Launch · gross

$33K

$33K46.0%

Tail · gross

$38K

$38K54.0%

Net to dev

$46K

$46K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier C · ▲ 12 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

103

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

78%

→ 73

Score history · 30d retention

42 (14d ago)73 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Passant: A Chess Roguelike · 103 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 73

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate5.7K reviews · 92% pos · PUNKCAKE Delicieux · 2022

+3.5

Chess Ultra1.8K reviews · 76% pos · Ripstone · 2017

+2.5

The Ouroboros King444 reviews · 81% pos · Oriol Cosp Games · 2023

+2.1

Chess Brain153 reviews · 88% pos · Caio Flavio · 2020

+1.9

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

+1.9

The Rookery75 reviews · 96% pos · Glyder Games · 2024

+1.8

Dark Chess155 reviews · 77% pos · Tall Troll Games · 2023

+1.7

Chess Brain: Dark Troops63 reviews · 93% pos · Caio Flavio · 2021

+1.7

Below the Crown53 reviews · 96% pos · Misfits Attic · 2026

+1.7

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

+1.5

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+15.8

03 Passant: A Chess Roguelike’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Gambonanza

85%242

#2RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike

84%3.2K

#3Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

#6Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

92%5.7K

#7Sol Cesto

91%3.6K

#8Passant: A Chess Roguelike Demo

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Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

80.3%cohort 71%

278 pos · 68 neg

Total reviews

346tracked

346 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

9 this month

Steam-purchase rate

97.4%flat

2.6% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

11 languages · top 11 shown

ENEnglish

82.7%28680%

RURussian

4.6%1681%

FRFrench

3.5%1258%

ZHSimplified Chinese

2.6%9100%

DEGerman

2.3%875%

ESSpanish

1.4%5100%

KOKorean

1.2%4100%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

0.6%2100%

FIfinnish

0.6%2100%

NOnorwegian

0.3%10%

DAdanish

0.3%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 57

53%positive

16.5% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 207

83%positive

59.8% of reviews

10-100h 82

94%positive

23.7% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 278Negative 68

19814999500

25·0825·0925·1025·1125·1226·0126·0226·0326·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

346 reviews

Free product

1/ 346

0.3% of total0% positive

Early access

0/ 346

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

8/ 346

2.3% of total75% positive

Steam Deck

17/ 346

4.9% of total88% positive

Steam purchase

337/ 346

97.4% of total80% positive

Recommended

278/ 346

80.3% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

68/ 346

19.7% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

346/ 346

100.0% of total80% positive

338 reviews · 80% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.