Dark Chess
THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is a twist on chess with fog of war, a story-driven campaign, and plenty of challenges, traps, and puzzles. Fight your way through the campaign against legendary Kings and Queens of the past, who don't like to play by the rules!
- Price:$5.19
- Release Date:2/28/2023
- Franchise:Hawthorn Games
- Developer:Tall Troll Games
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:12/9/2025
- Steam App Id:1151130
Dark Chess
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Dark Chess has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 83% lower than its previous all-time peak of 6 players achieved on 2/10/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Dark Chess. It has received a total of 193 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 76 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Dark Chess and its growth over time. It currently has 1,978 followers on its community page.
Dark Chess Price
Dark Chess costs $5.19 in the Steam store as of 12/9/2025 which is a 60% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like King's Gambit Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Dark Chess.
About Dark Chess
Dark Chess is an Indie, and Strategy game developed by Tall Troll Games. On 2/28/2023, it was released on the Steam Store by Tall Troll Games, and Hawthorn Games.
Players have rated Dark Chess as "Very Positive" out of 193 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 159 positive reviews and 34 negative reviews — an overall 82% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, and Portuguese-Brazil. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Dark Chess supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Shared/Split Screen
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Steam Achievements
- PvP
- Multi-player
- Single-player
- Remote Play Together
- Online PvP
From the Steam community, Dark Chess has been tagged with the following user tags:
- PvP
- Chess
- Dark
- Multiplayer
- Tactical
- Board Game
- Puzzle
- Narration
- Psychological Horror
- Artificial Intelligence
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Time Travel
- Funny
- Dark Fantasy
- PvE
- Strategy
- Casual
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
- Singleplayer
- Tabletop
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Dark Chess and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Related Bundles
Dark Chess is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | King's Gambit Bundle | 4 | 4 | $20.13 | View |
Related Packages
Dark Chess is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Chess | $9.74 | View |
Supported Languages
Dark Chess is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ukrainian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Dark Chess data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 9). Dark Chess on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151130
- Valve Corporation. (2025, December 9). Dark Chess. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1151130
- Tall Troll Games. (2023, July 8). Dark Chess. Dark Chess. http://www.darkchess.com