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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Game was delisted without warning - please bring Simply Chess back to Steam!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“It is a solid free chess game. (It is $5 or you can just watch an ad in between games.) I am not great at chess, but I like to play it every once and a while. I feel this does a great job at replicating the real thing”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Very buggy, much better at Chess.com or Kasperov's site”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:57 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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
Network issues fixed :)
If you see any remaining issues, please report them to me. Thanks for playing!! :D
Network issues fixed :)
If you see any remaining issues, please report them to me. Thanks for playing!! :D
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 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Chess · Board Game · Multiplayer · Strategy · Free to Play · Casual · Indie · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Family Friendly · Tabletop · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Finnish, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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