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Battle vs Chess

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App ID 211050
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Topware Interactive ACE
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies MonoGame Engine, XNA Engine
Last Changenumber 30336515
Last Record Update 30 July 2025 – 22:08:05 UTC ()
Release Date 16 August 2012 – 16:16:00 UTC ()
😏 70.39%
1k reviews
7
In-Game
💡 Strategy ♟️ Chess 😌 Casual 🎲 Board Game 🎲 Turn-Based

Commanders, assemble your armies! BATTLE vs. CHESS calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the present day multimedia world. Animated fantasy figurines assemble in magical worlds and await your command!

Additional Information

Developer Targem Games
gamedir Battle vs Chess
metacritic_name Battle vs Chess
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controller_support partial
NoServers Yes
state eStateAvailable
serverbrowsername empty string
ValidOSList Windows macOS
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/211050/
InstallScript bvsc_install.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
installscript_macos BattleVsChess.app/installscript_osx.vdf
installscriptosx BattleVsChess.app/installscript_osx.vdf
LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod registry
LegacyKeyRegistryLocation HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp211050\SteamKey
ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes [view your cd keys in client]
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard Yes [view your cd keys in client]
Publisher Topware Interactive ACE
Store Release Date 16 August 2012 – 16:16:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Casual (4), Strategy (2)
Store Asset Modification Time 3 November 2022 – 14:05:26 UTC () (1667484326)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
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review_score 6
review_percentage 72
Detected Technologies (?) MonoGame Engine, XNA Engine, FMOD SDK, OpenAL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 11 March 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3537277
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:10:09 UTC (), in changelist #164824

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Polish Yes
Hungarian Yes
Czech Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy ♟️ Chess 😌 Casual 🎲 Board Game 🕹️ Multiplayer 🎲 Turn-Based 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy

Categories

Single-player Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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header_image
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library_assets_full
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library_hero ↴
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library_logo ↴
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Assets
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page_background_pathapp/211050
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timestamp3 November 2022 – 14:06:44 UTC
Trailers
2029423 ↴
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80876 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 95.37 MiB (100000000)
maxnumfiles 100
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
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recursive1
rootoverrides
0 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
osWindows
oscompare=
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pathtransforms/0/replaceMy Games/battle vs chess/
1 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
osLinux
oscompare=
useinsteadLinuxHome
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2 ↴
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osMacOS
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pathtransforms/0/replacebattle vs chess/

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/battle vs chess/ *
Windows (Override)
Linux (Override) ~/My Games/battle vs chess/
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/battle vs chess/
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