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Gambit Shifter

Gambit Shifter

Gambit Shifter is a relaxing, minimalist cozy puzzle game for chess experts and beginners alike! Take control of a single piece, solve your way through 80+ hand-crafted levels and lose yourself in the zen atmosphere as you advance.

Released Feb 19, 2024 Developer Volcanite Games Platforms Windows PuzzleChessLogicMinimalistCozy
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-16)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

95.7%positive93 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A fun little minimalist puzzle game using chess pieces. Knowing how pieces move is a bit of a requirement but otherwise the puzzles are all short and interesting. I can recommend. Note that it took me around 3 hours to 100% the game so it is a bit short.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“maybe a bit short for 7.99 but i got it off Humble so it is what it is”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Solid and chill puzzle game 👌”

— 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 2026-09-26.

26achievements
39.0%median completion
18.0%rarest: Keep them shiny
96.4% of players 94.3% of players 70.4% of players 67.2% of players 66.3% of players 64.5% of players 56.1% of players 56.0% of players 55.5% of players 53.1% of players 47.7% of players 43.7% of players 39.0% of players 39.0% of players 37.0% of players 36.6% of players 36.5% of players 35.6% of players 34.6% of players 34.1% of players 33.0% of players 30.9% of players 27.9% of players 27.9% of players 23.6% of players 18.0% of players 96.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
96.4%Positive failure — Get captured once
94.3%The beginning — Complete the Tutorial World
70.4%Realm 1 completed! — Complete all levels of Realm 1
Rarest badges of honor
18.0%Keep them shiny — Hidden achievement
23.6%The King of all kings — Collect all Crowns
27.9%Realm 7 completed! — Complete all levels of Realm 7

Latest official news

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

Oct 24, 2025
Turkish Localization

Fixes Fixed engine security vulnerability Updates Added Turkish localization WANT TO SUPPORT US? Discord Server 🦅 Land on Twitter and get in touch with us: @VolcaniteGames 👀 Follow us on Instagram to

Jun 11, 2025
Achievement Sync Fix

Fixed an issue where achievements unlocked while playing offline were not syncing properly with Steam. Now, simply launching the game while connected to the internet will sync your achievements and up

Aug 26, 2024
Back to School Games celebration!

Greetings Puzzlers! We're excited to announce that Gambit Shifter will be featured in the Back to School Games Celebration , from August 26th to September 1st ! 🔥🔥 Keep an eye out for the incoming dis

Jun 27, 2024
Gambit Shifter - Surrealm DLC Release!

We are excited to announce the release of the first DLC for Gambit Shifter - Surrealm ! And there's more! To thank our awesome community the DLC is FREE ! About Surrealm Surrealm is a DLC for Gambit S

Jun 25, 2024
Patch Notes for 26/06/2024

Features Game is ready for the upcoming DLC, Surrealm ! Updates Splashscreen updated with Italian Culture Ministry logo Options are now saved only on effective changes Fixes Fixed a bug relative to pa

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsPuzzle · Chess · Logic · Minimalist · Cozy · Relaxing · Indie · Casual · Colorful · Cute · Stylized · Abstract (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
Achievements26
Official sitehttps://volcanite.games
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD Ryzen 3 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GT 1030 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit OS and CPU