Pure Chess

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App ID	300630
App Type	Game
Store Name	Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition
Developer	Ripstone
Publisher	Ripstone
Supported Systems	Windows
Last Changenumber	31481064
Last Record Update	4 October 2025 – 14:16:09 UTC ()
Release Date	9 September 2016 – 13:04:23 UTC ()

❓ 69.58%

266 reviews

In-Game

Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better! Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition is a stunning celebration of the greatest strategy game of all time.

Additional Information

Developer

Ripstone

metacritic_name

Pure Chess

controller_support

full

community_visible_stats

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Ripstone

Store Release Date

9 September 2016 – 13:05:49 UTC ()

community_hub_visible

Yes

3rd-Party Account

Pure Chess

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Casual (4), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Sports (18), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

9 September 2016 – 13:04:23 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

1 November 2022 – 15:59:53 UTC () (1667318393)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	63.1271878646441
height_pct	100

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

SharpDX SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 4 July 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 1461601

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	1
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-8.0-2
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

6 May 2014 – 10:44:32 UTC (), in changelist #495412

Supported Languages

8 Languages	Interface	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Dutch	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Native Steam Controller

Assets

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logo

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small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
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image2x/english	logo_2x.png
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page_background_path	app/300630
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	1 November 2022 – 16:00:08 UTC

Trailers

64060 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1473426436
64058 ↴
trailer_name	Pure Chess - Teaser Trailer
trailer_category	0
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all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1472221475

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228983	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist	No size
228984	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2012 Redist	No size
228985	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2013 Redist	No size
228986	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
229002	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.0 Redist	No size
300631	Windows 64-bitPure Chess Content 64	659.31 MiB	643.43 MiB
300632	Windows 32-bitPure Chess Content 32	660.34 MiB	643.32 MiB
330950	Windows DLC 330950Pure Chess - Steampunk (330950) Depot	119.29 MiB	119.28 MiB
391500	Windows DLC 391500Pure Chess® - Team Fortress 2 Game Pack (391500) Depot	84.73 MiB	83.31 MiB
439830	Windows DLC 439830Pure Chess - Sci-Fi Game Pack (439830) Depot	73.94 MiB	74.01 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.56 GiB and total download size is 1.53 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.29 GiB and total download size is 1.26 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		1461601	17 November 2016 – 09:55:52 UTC

Other

Name	Value
baselanguages	English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Dutch
privatebranches	1

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