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Dark Chess

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App ID 1151130
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Tall Troll Games, Hawthorn Games
Franchise Hawthorn Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29026454
Last Record Update 16 May 2025 – 14:38:10 UTC ()
Release Date 28 February 2023 – 20:04:22 UTC ()
❓ 75.83%
189 reviews
3
In-Game

THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is a game of chess with fog of war, story-driven campaign with challenges, traps & puzzles. A game-changing feature to conceal enemy army, add more fun and intrigue to a timeless classic. Fight your way through the Campaign or beat your friends and foes in PvP!

Additional Information

Developer Tall Troll Games
metacritic_name Dark Chess
community_visible_stats 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 3 June 2023 – 11:40:00 UTC () (1685792400)
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schinese后翼弃兵：迷雾棋局
tchinese後翼棄兵：迷霧棋局
review_score 8
review_percentage 82
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

Tags

♟️ Chess 💡 Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🧩 Puzzle 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🃏 Tabletop 🎲 Board Game ⏳ Time Travel 👤 Singleplayer 📚 Narration 🧝 Dark Fantasy 😌 Casual 😨 Dark 🏽 2D 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🤔 Tactical 🕴 Psychological Horror 🌲 PvE 😃 Funny

Categories

Single-player Shared/Split Screen PvP Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Shared/Split Screen PvP

Assets

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
1151131 Windows 1.07 GiB 376.75 MiB
1151132 macOS 1.07 GiB 383.04 MiB
1151133 Linux 1.08 GiB 376.54 MiB

Total size on disk is 3.22 GiB and total download size is 1.11 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.07 GiB and total download size is 376.75 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 18492759 16 May 2025 – 14:38:08 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian
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