Simply Chess on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Simply Chess is a chess, board game and multiplayer game developed and published by BlueLine Games.
Released on September 11th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Finnish and Russian.

It has received 3,618 reviews of which 2,688 were positive and 930 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8
  • Processor: 1 gHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ w/ GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
Linux
  • OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit
  • Processor: 1 gHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ w/ GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

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Dec. 2024
It is what it says...simply chess. No distractions. Can't hear no buzzers and bells.
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Simply Chess
7.2
2,688
930
Online players
25
Developer
BlueLine Games
Publisher
BlueLine Games
Release 11 Sep 2015
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