ChessCraft

ChessCraft

Stuart Spence · December 17, 2021 · Chess, Artificial Intelligence, Sandbox, Level Editor, Board Game

Buy ChessCraft from Steam at $5.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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$5.99
lowest tracked $3.59
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Where to buy ChessCraft — official stores

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Standard Edition · Steam
$5.99
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ChessCraft price by region

ChessCraft costs £4.99 in the United Kingdom, €5.89 in Europe (EUR), $5.99 in the United States, $5.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$7.79 in Canada, A$8.79 in Australia, NZ$8.99 in New Zealand, R$20.49 in Brazil and zł27.50 in Poland right now.

Cheapest ChessCraft offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £4.99 £4.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €5.89 €5.89 — 1
United Statesyour region $5.99 $5.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $5.99 $5.99 — 1
Canada CA$7.79 CA$7.79 — 1
Australia A$8.79 A$8.79 — 1
New Zealand NZ$8.99 NZ$8.99 — 1
Brazil R$20.49 R$20.49 — 1
Poland zł27.50 zł27.50 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About ChessCraft

✦ AI summary

ChessCraft is a chess sandbox where you create custom boards, pieces, and rules then play against an AI that adapts to your creations. Design anything from subtle variants to completely wacky configurations, compete in adventure mode for loot across 80 built-in challenges, or challenge friends online in the world's largest chess variant database.

Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces. Play against the computer or your friends online, or win loot by playing one of 80 built-in chess boards in adventure mode. ChessCraft is also the world's largest chess variant database.
Many chess games already exist, but only ChessCraft allows the player to create such wacky boards, pieces, and rules and immediately play a decent computer opponent.

Create new pieces with any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, plus a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. Create new boards with any enabled or disabled tile up to 16x16. Place promotion rules for any piece, anywhere, or other special tile rules. Create pieces that cannot be captured, or with ranged attacks, or pieces that restrict other pieces from acting. The computer opponent then uses concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand your creations and play against you.

ChessCraft — game info

Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 4, 2026
Love this game!
Recommended May 10, 2026
This is a great game
Recommended Apr 19, 2026
I really enjoy something like this exists! In like 30 min I figured out how to create my own pieces, have a working game and play-test it against the computer. Quickly figuring out I made the pawns way to strong which led to a very slow and boring game. I changed some things for the better and now I have a much more interesting variant! The computer beats me from level 5-7, so I think the difficulty is pretty solid, but for an advanced player it might (?) be a bit weak.
Recommended Mar 18, 2026
If you love making your own chess rules and chess variants you will love this game.
Recommended Feb 4, 2026
yey
Recommended Dec 10, 2025
The adventure mode should be updated to showcase all of the new piece mechanics.

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