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Chess Ultimate
Chess just got an upgrade! Chess Ultimate, where precision strategy meets colorful chaos. Build your team from a roster of unique, quirky characters to defend your King while plotting your opponent’s downfall. Easy to pick up, endlessly fun to master, and a fresh take on the classic game of wits.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I think it's pretty fun it has some cool ideas like being able to choose your setup. might be a bit overwhelming but its fine since you can check the moves of every character maybe the character explanation could be a bit more in dept for example beserker doesnt mention it can…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Its a cool free chess variant with a lot of new unique pieces and some older yet fun pieces and if you enjoy chess i highly recommend”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“It's just the same old chess... BUT CUSTOMIZABLE. Don't get me wrong, the classic chess is still amazing but this gives you the opportunity to have true stratigy.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 5.7 — Puzzles, Balance Changes & Bug Fixes
Puzzles are here! A new puzzle mode has been added to the game. More details to come as the feature evolves. Balance Changes Ghost — When a non-attacking move enters a Ghost's square, both pieces are
Version 5.6
Chess Ultimate 5.6 Update Major highlights 2 new characters added the first new characters since launch Major checker rework balance changes and new behavior New characters Dragon (16 points) moves li
Version 5.5
Version 5.5 Patch Notes Gameplay - Added a Play Again button after matches. - You can now avoid specific players to prevent matching with them in queue. - If a tournament game is about to start while
Chess Ultimate — Version 5.4 Update
Version 5.4 Patch Notes Gameplay - Matchmade games now randomize Player 1 and Player 2. - Added threefold repetition draws. - Added a Ban button to the bottom-left of character details in Draft Mode t
Tournament Showdown Update!
---Version 5.0 - (August 13 2025)--- -Weekly Tournaments will now be held in game every Saturday. -Custom rules added to friendly and vs Cpu games. -Added ally outline. -Changed character descriptions
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Tabletop · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · 3D · Cartoon · Colorful · Cute · Stylized · Top-Down · Multiplayer · Fantasy (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · In-App Purchases · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, T… |
| Official site | https://chessultimate.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Memory: 2 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 650 MB available space