Dark Chess

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App ID	1151130
App Type	Game
Developer	Tall Troll Games
Publisher	Tall Troll Games, Hawthorn Games
Franchise	Hawthorn Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	30546848
Last Record Update	12 August 2025 – 11:45:43 UTC ()
Release Date	28 February 2023 – 20:04:22 UTC ()

❓ 75.75%

193 reviews

In-Game

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!

Additional Information

Developer

Tall Troll Games

metacritic_name

Dark Chess

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Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Tall Troll Games

Store Release Date

28 February 2023 – 20:04:25 UTC ()

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community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.gg/5NGZ4DZ
https://www.facebook.com/TallTroll/
https://x.com/TallTrollGames
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoOQl1W9ZN04P4sUv0gojRw/

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Indie (23), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

28 February 2023 – 20:04:22 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

12 August 2025 – 11:44:33 UTC () (1754999073)

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schinese	后翼弃兵：迷雾棋局
tchinese	後翼棄兵：迷霧棋局

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review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, UnityBurst SDK, cURL SDK

Early Access Release Date

14 October 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC ()

First seen on SteamDB

28 August 2019 – 13:05:43 UTC (), in changelist #6791654

Supported Languages

8 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes		Yes
French	Yes		Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
Ukrainian	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes		Yes

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3 24-hour peak
27 all-time peak 2 March 2023

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~3.9 k by Gamalytic
~5.8 k by VG Insights
~17.6 k by PlayTracker

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User reviews history

❓ Very Positive
75.75% SteamDB Rating
159 82.4% positive reviews
34 17.6% negative reviews

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Dark Chess had an all-time peak of 27 concurrent players on 2 March 2023.

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Dark Chess

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