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Simply Chess

Simply Chess

The classic board game comes to Steam with asynchronous online play and 100 levels of AI. If you are a chess enthusiast or someone who just likes to play a game now and again, this is what you've been looking for. This is Simply Chess.

Released Sep 11, 2015 Developer BlueLine Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ChessBoard GameMultiplayerStrategyFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

74.5%positive3,641 reviews
Recommended · 185 found this helpful

“Pros: +You can play chess on Steam +With your friends +And it's totally free Cons: -Most of your friends are ain't playing chess -You don't have many friends anyway -You don't even have a dog”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 74 found this helpful

“It's Chess. And if you don't play Chess, you should take the time to learn Chess. Because it's Chess.”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
Not recommended · 312 found this helpful

“It lacks a lot of features that are in most chess computer games such as notation, a clock, and the ability to drag your pieces to move. EDIT: You can now flip the board in whichever direction you please so at least the developers are paying attention to what needs to be…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

581all-time peak
0 100 200 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 142 avg · Sep 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

11achievements
1.4%median completion
1.0%rarest: Centurian
11.9% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 11.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
11.9%Welcome to The Arena — Win first Online Game
2.6%AI-10 — Beat 10 Levels of AI
2.6%10 Down. — Finish 10 Online Games
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Centurian — Finish 100 Online Games
1.1%Dark Horse — Are you ready for the perfect storm? Beat someone ranked 20 points above you (in a rated game when both of you exist on the leaderboard).
1.2%? — How about Global Thermonuclear War?

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

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 09, 2017
Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched!

Hey there, Simply Chess Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game: Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we used fo

May 09, 2017
Lost Cities Kickstarter Launched!

Hey there, Simply Chess Fans! We at BlueLine Game Studios are happy to announce that we have just launched a Kickstarter for our newest game: Lost Cities! It uses the same great engine that we used fo

Mar 24, 2017
Network issues fixed :)

If you see any remaining issues, please report them to me. Thanks for playing!! :D

Mar 24, 2017
Network issues fixed :)

If you see any remaining issues, please report them to me. Thanks for playing!! :D

Mar 24, 2017
Network issues...

Upgrading some stuff & ran into some issues... fixing it now!! Online play will probably be down for half an hour or so. Sorry! ^_^;

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresCasual, Free To Play, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsChess · Board Game · Multiplayer · Strategy · Free to Play · Casual · Indie · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Family Friendly · Tabletop · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Finnish, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements11
Official sitehttp://bluelinegamestudios.com/simply-chess/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or better Processor: 1 gHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ w/ GL_ARB_framebuffer_object Storage: 300 MB available space