Worth it for the right player.
At $24.99. It has been as low as $9.99.
- Story and characters: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
I would really recommend this game to anyone of any age and level, because it's especially great for story-mode/campaigns and for multi-player mode (LAN, direction connection - can use a VPN - and local).
Has a great art style.
Despite being developed over a decade ago, the game's graphics and gameplay still hold up impressively well today.
This is a true chess game, not just an engine with graphics interface.
Chilling sound on the menus & overall sound effects are well done.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.
The data behind the verdict
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