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Chess 2: The Sequel

Chess 2: The Sequel

The next step in the evolution of chess tuned for more viable options, strategic interest, and years and years of expert play.

Released Aug 19, 2014 Developer Ludeme Games, Sirlin Games Publisher Ludeme Games Platforms Windows ChessStrategyIndieTabletopSports
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

47.1%positive119 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“A pretentious "sequel" to chess with extremely questionable design choices and is somehow made as an online-only title relying on propriety servers.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

14achievements
1.7%median completion
1.3%rarest: Master
12.1% of players 6.4% of players 4.6% of players 3.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 12.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
12.1%Pawn — Won your first game
6.4%Advanced Pawn — Ranked up to Advanced Pawn
4.6%Knight — Ranked up to Knight
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Master — Ranked up to Master
1.3%Advanced King — Ranked up to Advanced King
1.3%Grandmaster — Ranked up to Grandmaster

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 31, 2026
Retiring Chess 2

Unfortunately, Chess 2: The Sequel never had sufficient sales to financially justify keeping the server online, much less been able to pay for it's development. As a consequence, the servers stopped w

Sep 21, 2014
[Update] Challenge your friends

You can now challenge anybody to an unranked game in correspondence mode. It looks like this - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=317164491 There is a limit of one game vs any parti

Sep 21, 2014
[Update] Challenge your friends

You can now challenge anybody to an unranked game in correspondence mode. It looks like this - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=317164491 There is a limit of one game vs any parti

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, Sports, Strategy
Player tagsChess · Strategy · Indie · Tabletop · Sports · Board Game (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements14
Official sitehttp://ludemegames.com/chess2
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8 Processor: 1 Gigahertz Memory: 300 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 350 MB available space