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Chessplosion

Chessplosion

Chessplosion is an arcade action puzzle game where you drop chess piece bombs to create chain reactions and trap opponents. Defeat enemies and bosses in Adventure Mode and the roguelike-inspired Dungeon Mode, break targets with limited bombs in Puzzle Mode, or fight friends and AI in Battle Mode.

Released Sep 21, 2021 Developer C.T. Matthews Platforms Windows ArcadePixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiplayerChess
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

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

96.1%positive154 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“this is a game Mr. Torgue would come up with”

— a player, Steam review · 5 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.

29achievements
6.9%median completion
1.6%rarest: How to Checkmate With Two Bishops
62.1% of players 42.8% of players 31.1% of players 29.5% of players 24.4% of players 24.3% of players 17.6% of players 14.6% of players 13.1% of players 12.8% of players 10.5% of players 9.7% of players 8.8% of players 7.8% of players 6.9% of players 6.4% of players 5.7% of players 4.9% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 62.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
62.1%Castling — Adventure: Defeat the Rook boss.
42.8%First Steps — How To Play: Finish any lesson.
31.1%Gambit Declined — Adventure: Defeat a boss without taking any damage.
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%How to Checkmate With Two Bishops — Dungeon: Clear the game on Difficulty 5.
1.8%Smothered Mate — Dungeon: Clear the game on Difficulty 3.
2.1%Grandblaster — Master all Solo Play game modes.

Latest official news

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

Jun 03, 2024
Update v2824

Hello! Update v2824 contains one small change: the optional in-game speedrun timer now displays an asterisk next to your time if any assist mode features are enabled. Some speedrunners use the assist

Jan 17, 2024
Gauntlet Hotfix - Update v2823

Hello! Update v2823 just contains one small bug fix: Gauntlet/Dungeon: fixed a credits wrongwarp caused by dying during a boss fight and reviving immediately afterwards (e.g. if the boss dies to the s

Dec 30, 2023
Update v2820

Hello! I just released update v2820, which contains a few bugfixes: Gauntlet (co-op): Bomb-throwing enemies now target a random player, instead of always targeting player 1 Gauntlet: Dying with coins

Dec 20, 2023
Update v2816

Hello! Update v2816 just makes one small change: the credits screen in Gauntlet mode now shows your difficulty setting and your bomb loadout. Dungeon mode shows this information too, if the speedrun t

Dec 18, 2023
Gauntlet Mode Update (v2814)

Chessplosion's gauntlet update is out now! Chessplosion now contains Gauntlet mode, a new arcade-inspired mode where you score points by quickly chaining hits on enemies without taking damage. It's a

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsArcade · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down · Multiplayer · Chess · Action Roguelike · Tabletop · Rogue-like · Retro · Action · Rogue-lite · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese - Brazil, German, French, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Official sitehttps://www.ctmatthews.com/chessplosion/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 MB available space