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Chess for idiots

Chess for idiots

The first intellectually non-discriminatory chess variant. Instead of thinking, just move your pieces in one of the many absurd ways!

Released Feb 1, 2024 Developer Polish Hacker Platforms Windows Early AccessParody AbstractTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

93.4%positive1,586 reviews
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“I emailed the creator and he's not doing anything cuz he has a job”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I thought *Chess for Idiots* was just another joke game making fun of chess by giving you a bunch of ridiculous rules and calling it a day. I was wrong. The graphics are simple. The gameplay is simple. It's chess. Except it feels like the game was designed by someone who looked…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I got my idiot friend to play this game because hes bad at chess He was even more bad at this than regular chess 0/10 false advertsing (but fun game when playing against non idiots)”

— a player, Steam review · 2 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 2026-09-25.

47achievements
14.3%median completion
0.9%rarest: 1000 TUSK VICTIMS
92.0% of players 71.7% of players 57.0% of players 56.8% of players 48.8% of players 46.7% of players 42.9% of players 41.9% of players 39.1% of players 36.0% of players 34.7% of players 32.2% of players 26.1% of players 26.0% of players 24.4% of players 24.4% of players 23.3% of players 22.7% of players 20.1% of players 17.8% of players 16.6% of players 16.5% of players 14.6% of players 14.3% of players 13.9% of players 12.9% of players 10.7% of players 10.3% of players 9.0% of players 7.5% of players 6.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.7% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 92.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.0%TUSK PLAYS ON ARROWS — Take a look at the control tips after launching the first game.
71.7%TUSK INSULTS FOR NOT HAVING V-BUCKS — Witness a player throwing his own coin off the board.
57.0%TUSK DARES TO CHECK THE PRESIDENT — Put someone in check.
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%1000 TUSK VICTIMS — Eliminate 1000 coins.
0.9%TUSK'S 100 LIES — Complete 100 games.
1.1%TUSK IS A FOREIGN AGENT — Eliminate an enemy piece by a foreign coin that has your SeaWeed on it.

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 26, 2024
Update - Beta v1.1

- New achievements: - TUSK IS BETRAYING THE NATION - Eliminate 4 pieces of the same player (can be your own) with one shot from the Wozdoopy Grenade. (idea: @wengiel) - TUSK WANTS TO TEACH CHILDREN...

Feb 19, 2024
Beta v1.0.3 - change log

- Restored displaying "Draw" & "*player-color* wins" when a game ends & fixed draw and first-win achievements - Fixed the two-coins-land-on-one achievement when in client-only mode (when not being the

Feb 10, 2024
Beta v1.0.2 - change log

- Now you gain SP for killing an enemy SeaWeed - SP will no longer be decreased if the coin killing other coin from its team is infected with an enemy SeaWeed - Fixed auto-setting of "show subtitles"

Feb 04, 2024
Beta v1.0.1 - Change log

- Improved blowing coins from longer distances (but it is still recommended to get really close to the coin you want to blow) - Renamed option "Local multiplayer" to "Anyone can play for anyone" & add

Oct 14, 2023
Chess for idiots

Chess for idiots - a discipline of intellectual sport, invented and initiated by Ozjasz Goldberg. Seemingly chess for idiots resembles regular chess. The game is played on the same board using the sam

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Parody · Abstract · Turn-Based Strategy · Multiplayer · Funny · Surreal · Physics · Board Game · PvP · Satire · Memes (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Stats
LanguagesEnglish, Polish * *
Achievements47
Official sitehttps://www.tiktok.com/@warcoins
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM