Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Chess on Steam.
Share of Chess games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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 | Frozen SynapseSteam | approximately $2M | 2.6K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 2 | approximately $1.6M | 5.9K | 92% | $9.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78 | approximately $276 | approximately 1% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.1M |
| 2025 | 53 | approximately $205 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $486.5K |
| 2024 | 33 | approximately $797 | approximately 3% | approximately 0% | approximately $316.1K |
| 2023 | 40 | approximately $807 | approximately 5% | approximately 0% | approximately $431.6K |
| 2022 | 21 | approximately $348 | approximately 5% | approximately 5% | approximately $1.7M |
| 2021 | 46 | approximately $926 | approximately 2% | approximately 0% | approximately $264.6K |
| 2020 | 32 | approximately $3K | approximately 6% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.9M |
| 2019 | 11 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 9% | approximately 0% | approximately $314.2K |
| 2018 | 16 | approximately $269 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $119.4K |
| 2017 | 14 | approximately $6.2K | approximately 7% | approximately 0% | approximately $745.8K |
| 2016 | 12 | approximately $6.8K | approximately 8% | approximately 0% | approximately $254.7K |
| 2015 | 9 | approximately $6.4K | approximately 11% | approximately 0% | approximately $382.2K |
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.
| 3 |
| approximately $1.5M |
| 9K |
| 97% |
| $11.99 |
| 4 | Check vs MateSteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.5K | 73% | $24.99 |
| 5 | GambonanzaSteam | approximately $845.7K | 1.7K | 76% | $14.99 |
| 6 | Chess UltraSteam | approximately $529.9K | 2.3K | 75% | $12.99 |
| 7 | approximately $313.4K | 377 | 52% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Still ThereSteam | approximately $295.7K | 1.4K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 9 | Master of ChessSteam | approximately $226.8K | 299 | 83% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $159.5K | 280 | 73% | $15.99 |
| 11 | approximately $141.4K | 373 | 79% | $11.99 |
| 12 | approximately $138.1K | 83 | 66% | $59.99 |
| 13 | PawnbarianSteam | approximately $138K | 902 | 89% | $9.99 |
| 14 | Fritz Chess 14Steam | approximately $135.2K | 122 | 70% | $39.99 |
| 15 | The Ouroboros KingSteam | approximately $131.6K | 578 | 80% | $9.99 |
| 16 | King of the BridgeSteam | approximately $126.8K | 1.8K | 95% | $2.99 |
| 17 | Checkmate ShowdownSteam | approximately $122.6K | 240 | 80% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Cat ChessSteam | approximately $97.9K | 492 | 87% | $6.99 |
| 19 | approximately $82.3K | 33 | 55% | $79.99 |
| 20 | approximately $80.4K | 127 | 75% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Chinese ChessSteam | approximately $70.9K | 224 | 75% | $9.99 |
| 22 | Tabletop PlaygroundSteam | approximately $63.8K | 272 | 69% | $7.49 |
| 23 | Archon ClassicSteam | approximately $59.1K | 192 | 81% | $9.99 |
| 24 | Battle ChessSteam | approximately $56.1K | 114 | 80% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Dark ChessSteam | approximately $53.5K | 213 | 76% | $12.99 |
| 26 | ChessaramaSteam | approximately $52.6K | 182 | 87% | $14.99 |
| 27 | ChessplosionSteam | approximately $41.1K | 154 | 96% | $11.99 |
| 28 | ChessformerSteam | approximately $39.2K | 323 | 100% | $4.99 |
| 29 | approximately $35.1K | 111 | 77% | $9.99 |
| 30 | Chess InfinitySteam | approximately $34.7K | 93 | 62% | $9.99 |
| 31 | 3D Math - UltraSteam | approximately $34.1K | 231 | 93% | $4.99 |
| 32 | Below the CrownSteam | approximately $33.5K | 109 | 94% | $14.99 |
| 33 | Khet 2.0Steam | approximately $32.4K | 117 | 90% | $9.99 |
| 34 | Hyper ChessSteam | approximately $28.8K | 352 | 93% | $2.99 |
| 35 | WizardChessSteam | approximately $28.6K | 94 | 76% | $14.99 |
| 36 | 3D ChessSteam | approximately $28K | 175 | 57% | $4.99 |
| 37 | UrjaSteam | approximately $28K | 95 | 54% | $9.99 |
| 38 | The RookerySteam | approximately $26K | 105 | 94% | $9.99 |
| 39 | Miracle SudokuSteam | approximately $24.6K | 178 | 93% | $4.99 |
| 40 | ChessSteam | approximately $24.5K | 31 | 3% | $24.99 |
| 41 | approximately $24.3K | 157 | 68% | $4.99 |
| 42 | Quantum ChessSteam | approximately $23.9K | 54 | 67% | $14.99 |
| 43 | MilitiaSteam | approximately $23.4K | 141 | 94% | $5.99 |
| 44 | Rooks KeepSteam | approximately $21.3K | 96 | 68% | $7.99 |
| 45 | TabuloSteam | approximately $20.8K | 62 | 92% | $9.99 |
| 46 | Chess SurvivorsSteam | approximately $20.6K | 163 | 85% | $4.99 |
| 47 | KNIGHTSSteam | approximately $20.5K | 828 | 94% | $0.99 |
| 48 | ChessSteam | approximately $19.5K | 108 | 77% | $7.99 |
| 49 | Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡Steam | approximately $18.8K | 213 | 91% | $3.99 |
| 50 | Yes, My QueenSteam | approximately $18K | 54 | 85% | $12.99 |