Best with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It's a super simple game but is really only fun if you play with your friends.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
FPS Chess
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Meta Fork, Evergreen Games2022FPS · Shooter · Board Game
The verdict
A goofy free 1v1 chess-with-guns game that's hilarious with friends but has shaky balance, few players and weak optimization. Skip it if you want real chess or have no friends to play with.
Great for
Groups of friends who want a silly, chaotic, free party game and don't mind losing to a pawn
Main risk
Unbalanced pieces and few online players make it frustrating or empty without friends
What players love
Funny chess-meets-shooter concept
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Delightfully silly concept executed surprisingly well.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Free to play, cheap DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“no microtransactions or anything and has a cheap dlc that adds a good amount of content to the game”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Distinct piece abilities and shiny sets
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“also just nuke everything with the king in shiny sets.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Fun for bad chess players
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“im 1300 rated in actual chess and that has never mattered less in any video game.”
Steam review · 61.3 h played ↗
Runs on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 75 positive reviews
“im playing this on a used laptop and it runs pretty good”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unbalanced pieces
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Probably one of the most unbalanced shooters ive ever played.”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Buggy, bad hit registration, crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The biggest problem of this game is hit and damage registration.”
Steam review · translated · 7.7 h played ↗
Poor optimization and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Fun game but so badly optimized my 1% lows are 14fps and my framerate is like 150.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Little actual chess
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“just an fps game on a chess board. not much chess...”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Cheaters and aimbots
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“for some reason people cheat??? Had to check online to realize it was apparently very common.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Few players, hard to find matches
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“game is dead, have only seen max of 2 servers a day”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorAMD FX-4350 or Intel Core i5-4460
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 280X or GeForce GTX 760
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorAMD FX-6300 or Intel Core i5-4590
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 290 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorAMD FX-4350 or Intel Core i5-4460
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 280X or GeForce GTX 760
Storage2 GB available space
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