Simply Chess

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 3,574 reviews of which 2,654 were positive and 920 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Simply Chess into these genres:

Chess Board Game Multiplayer Strategy Free to Play Casual Singleplayer Indie Turn-Based Strategy Family Friendly Tabletop Great Soundtrack Turn-Based Classic

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

April 2021

Amazing game. But it lacks more content and multiplayer options, like 1 min and 3 and 5 and 10 mins of game, not only moves, also multiplayer is glitchy, every time you create a lobby, you set launch, you have to leave and reconnect to online multiplayer and then press on your game to RESUME. It is buggy, it needs small upgrade and added bonus content.

Dec. 2020

If you like chess.com more then go there, leave this steam game alone. Of course chess.com is better for your improvement, but here we get a better graphic and music and stuff. They are both good.

June 2018

Finally a game that's just, as the name states, Simply Chess. All I wanted, all I got. Very satisfied with it. :)

Jan. 2017

This is definitely my favorite version of Chess on Steam. There are quite a few players online or you can play vs AI. "Simply" put (sorry for the pun), this is a great game to get into. It's made by the guy behind Hive, Khet 2.0, and Tatsu.

Jan. 2017

Chess is a crappy tactical turn based RPG developed by a bunch of monkeys. Right away you'll notice Chess has no storyline. Instead, all you notice is the the White army and the Black army are fighting each other over a battlefield. Note the "a battlefield," because Chess only has one story map. As for the actual combat, it's extremely dull. Each unit can kill another with only one hit. This means units with a real good movement ability dominate the field (more on that bellow). There aren't even any combat animations or anything that happens in combat. One unit moves on it's space and "captures" it, and the piece is removed from the game with no form of action or special effects. Yawn. Chess has shitty class balance. The Queen is flat out overpowered while your actual front line units, the Pawns. can't do shit. I think the developers were afraid that no one would use the female character so they buffed up her abilities really high but now theres no point in using any other unit. The rest of the units suck. Rooks can only move in 4 directions, same with Bishops. Boring. Also, whats up with the Knight? It has the most bizzare combat abilities of all the units. They're retardly hard to use cause they jump around like retards to move and attack. The devs should have named this unit Ninja, since Knights didn't jump around like that in real life. Worst part, is the king. You see, the devs decided that if your king gets captured, you instantly lose the game. W-T-F? This wouldn't be a problem, except that he can't move for crap. Seriously, the most important unit in the game can only move 1 space a turn? Good luck keeping him alive while every other unit in the game dances around him. Unbalanced classes, lackluster gameplay, and not to mention repetitive 1 hour+ games. Chess is not worth the time or your money. Buy Final Fantasy Tactics or Disgaea instead. 3 out of 10.

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Free to play

7.2

2,654

920

Online players

Developer

BlueLine Games

Publisher

BlueLine Games

Release 11 Sep 2015

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