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Chess Survivors

Chess Survivors

Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies. Combine abilities, upgrades, and relics to create game-breaking builds. Think fast, die, learn, repeat!

Released Aug 31, 2023 Developer Aarimous Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Rogue-liteBullet HellChessReal Time TacticsAction Roguelike
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

84.7%positive163 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“There are obvious points of praise like the art style and build variety, but what I found particularly impressive about this game was the way it ACTUALLY incorporated chess mechanics into the gameplay loop. I cannot wait to play more! FULL VIDEO -…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's an okay survivor-like game. I enjoyed the chess enemies and how the game incorporates chess. I wish we were able to see where the enemies were planning on moving next turn. Often times it felt like I was "randomly" getting attacked because I couldn't tell where the enemies…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Was told to practice chess so i did! Only 26 minutes in and my knowledge has eclipsed theirs 10x. Do you know candice? (discovered attacked) Yes yes, she a solid little roguelite or whatever. Will know more in a few hours, no regrets already for the humor value. You get like 10…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2023-09 via SteamCharts.

19all-time peak
0 2 5 2023 No data collected for this period 4 avg · Nov 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

35achievements
11.5%median completion
0.8%rarest: Gambit 20
79.7% of players 69.2% of players 66.8% of players 63.7% of players 53.6% of players 45.8% of players 34.7% of players 31.4% of players 31.0% of players 30.4% of players 29.9% of players 21.4% of players 18.8% of players 15.1% of players 12.9% of players 12.6% of players 11.9% of players 11.5% of players 10.6% of players 10.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.5% of players 6.2% of players 5.7% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.2% of players 2.5% of players 1.7% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 79.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.7%Fool's Mate — Kill 10 Elite Enemies
69.2%Nice! — Open 1 Chest
66.8%En Passant — Kill 100 Normal Enemies
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Gambit 20 — Win the game on Gambit Level 20
0.9%Untouchable — Win a game without taking any damage
0.9%Gambit 15 — Win the game on Gambit Level 15

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan232 JPY
Brazil6.80 BRL
China8.80 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.3 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Sep 09, 2025
Build 1.6 Hotfix #1

Attempted to fix a bug where the inputs would fail after getting attacked. This bug was more prevalent on faster speeds, and I am hoping I was able to fix it.

Aug 26, 2025
Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese (Patch 1.6)

I'm excited to announce that Chess Survivors now officially supports Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese! To celebrate I'll be running a 50% discount from August 26th - September 10th. Chess Surv

Dec 05, 2024
Bullet Heaven Festival

Happy Bullet Heaven Festival! 🎉 Hey everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful December—yes, I can't believe 2024 is almost over either! I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the Bullet Heaven Festiv

Sep 24, 2024
1.5.2 Hotfixes

Some small changes based on recent feedback from players. Fixed a bug where the min health could show as negative on the game over screen Slightly increased the enemy and elite damage scaling values f

Aug 24, 2024
Hot Fix Patch (1.5.1)

Just a small patch to fix an issue reported by a player. Patch Notes: The YoYo ability will now show when playing without the turn timer. This was previously removed as the YoYo used to have a turn du

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRogue-lite · Bullet Hell · Chess · Real Time Tactics · Action Roguelike · Perma Death · Action RPG · Rogue-like · Strategy · RPG · 2D · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
Achievements35
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2.5Ghz or better Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.3 Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system