Zen Chess: Mate in One — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$15Kest

grossAtFullPrice $15K · promo blend

Net to developer

$10Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

15,048▼ 100.0%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 380 reviews collected over 8.1 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

00.0%

Tail · units

15K

15,048100.0%

Launch · gross

$00.0%

Tail · gross

$15K

$15K100.0%

Net to dev

$10K

$10K64.4%

01 Like Score

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

Tier C · ▼ 4 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

85%

→ 74

Score history · 30d retention

53 (14d ago)74 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Zen Chess: Mate in One · 42 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 74

KNIGHTS764 reviews · 94% pos · Arzola's · 2016

+2.7

OxU229 reviews · 99% pos · Quiet River · 2022

+2.3

Turn on the light170 reviews · 94% pos · Thedox Games · 2020

+2.1

Turn on the light - Jigsaw131 reviews · 95% pos · Thedox Games · 2023

+2.0

Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡176 reviews · 88% pos · ImaginationOverflow · 2018

+2.0

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

+1.9

Turn on all the lights87 reviews · 91% pos · Thedox Games · 2021

+1.8

Zen Chess: Mate in Two91 reviews · 89% pos · Minimol Games · 2019

+1.7

Knight's Retreat74 reviews · 93% pos · Minimol Games · 2020

+1.7

One Line64 reviews · 96% pos · Climbing Goat Games · 2021

+1.7

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+18.1

03 Zen Chess: Mate in One’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Zen Chess: Champion's Moves

65%29

#2Zen Chess: Blindfold Masters

66%27

#3Zen Chess: Mate in Two

89%91

#4Zen Chess: Mate in Three

81%54

#5Zen Chess: Mate in Four

75%53

#6A Little to the Left

91%16K

#7The Artisan of Glimmith

98%1.1K

#8Knight Swap

89%124

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

88.8%cohort 71%

355 pos · 45 neg

Total reviews

400tracked

400 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

6 this month

Steam-purchase rate

80.8%flat

19.3% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

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

21 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

55.5%22287%

RURussian

7.5%3083%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

6.3%2596%

ZHSimplified Chinese

6.0%2488%

KOKorean

4.8%1984%

ESSpanish

3.8%15100%

TRTurkish

3.3%1392%

DEGerman

2.8%1191%

PLPolish

1.8%7100%

FRFrench

1.8%786%

JAJapanese

1.5%6100%

ITItalian

1.5%683%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 85

78%positive

21.3% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 282

91%positive

70.5% of reviews

10-100h 31

97%positive

7.8% of reviews

100h+ 2

100%positive

0.5% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 355Negative 45

1310730

19·1220·1121·0922·0723·0524·0325·0125·1126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

400 reviews

Free product

6/ 400

1.5% of total83% positive

Early access

0/ 400

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

71/ 400

17.8% of total77% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 400

0.5% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

323/ 400

80.8% of total89% positive

Recommended

355/ 400

88.8% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

45/ 400

11.3% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

400/ 400

100.0% of total89% positive

380 reviews · 90% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.