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Chess Evolved Online
secretly the most overpowered game in existence
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“The developer is clearly insane, and there are numerous horrific flaws that I assume will never be fixed ever. The good news is that it takes a while for the true gravity of those flaws to start affecting you, and until then you can enjoy this game a lot. Here is a small…”
— a player, Steam review · 828 hrs played“Chess Evolved Online is an extremely frustrating game to play, and not for the right reasons. While it has an incredibly compelling base for a game and that is fun for a long time, you eventually get to a level where, at the highest rankings (I am currently in the top 50 as of…”
— a player, Steam review · 2,227 hrs played“Balance - checked Tons of strategies - checked Collectibles - checked Competitive multiplayer - checked Craft system ~ checked Daily puzzles - checked Deep lore - checked jajaja Side quests - still looking for Graphics - can say for sure dev knows how to draw with pen and paper…”
— a player, Steam review · 72 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
CEO v0.57a
behold the true power of a king XP requirements are high, and it is currently gated behind an entry barrier so that the narrow scope of "cost limit 1" is not a situation anyone will find themselves in
beware the game of kings
The aggregate sum of humanity has made the dire mistake of allowing the chess evolved online server costs to consistently fall into red, which means you have relinquished all remaining authority and t
CEO v0.56e update
Challenge-Gen v2 The daily challenge can now be assigned various modifiers, has improved failsafes, and much higher bounds of variety, despite improved thresholds for removing certain types of erroneo
CEO v0.56d update
DarkMode improvements: - Unit art decals are now visible on unit previews and upgrade tiers glow in the dark. - Many blurry or extremely low contrast texts are improved (still more to be done). - Some
CEO v0.56c update
toggle now available from XP unlock, instead of 500 rating. This should help alleviate some problems, while still preventing the worst-case scenario of a new player being stuck in queue before ever ev
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Player tags | PvP · Tactical · Deckbuilding · Turn-Based Tactics · Card Game · Turn-Based Strategy · Chess · 2D · Card Battler · Top-Down · Colorful · Magic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 1 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/7/8/10 Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Storage: 128 MB available space