Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Chess on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Chess games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel | $2.2M | 8.9K | 97% | $11.99 |
| 2 | Frozen Synapse | $2M | 2.6K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 3 | Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate | $1.7M | 7.4K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | $537.8K | 100% | 0% | $537.8K |
| 2024 | 1 | $118.1K | 100% | 0% | $118.1K |
| 2022 | 3 | $0 | 33% | 33% | $1.7M |
| 2020 | 1 | $2.2M | 100% | 100% | $2.2M |
| 2019 | 2 | $146.8K | 50% | 0% | $293.6K |
| 2018 | 1 | $0 | 0% | 0% | $0 |
| 2017 | 1 | $255.9K | 100% | 0% | $255.9K |
| 2015 | 2 | $0 | 0% | 0% | $0 |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Chess launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Gambonanza |
| $537.8K |
| 1.5K |
| 76% |
| $9.74 |
| 5 | Still There | $293.6K | 1.3K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 6 | Chess Ultra | $255.9K | 2.3K | 75% | $3.89 |
| 7 | King of the Bridge | $118.1K | 1.7K | 95% | $2.99 |
| 8 | Grandmaster Chess | — | 20 | 72% | $2.45 |
| 9 | Battle Chess 4000 | — | 6 | 66% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess | — | 0 | 0% | $9.99 |
| 11 | Battle Chess | — | 18 | 76% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Combat Chess | — | 98 | 60% | $1.79 |
| 13 | Battle vs Chess | — | 15 | 80% | $24.99 |
| 14 | Simply Chess | — | 3.6K | 74% | — |
| 15 | Warhammer 40,000: Regicide | — | 1.9K | 67% | — |
| 16 | Prismata | $0 | 1.2K | 81% | Free |
| 17 | Dota Underlords | $0 | 90.9K | 82% | Free |
| 18 | Auto Chess | $0 | 990 | 66% | Free |
| 19 | FPS Chess | $0 | 43.4K | 84% | Free |