Favor Chess

Favor Chess

Javissoft · May 3, 2019 · Tabletop, Strategy, Chess, Free to Play

Favor Chess is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Favor Chess price

Favor Chess is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Favor Chess

Assemble your own chess army to use against your foes. There are over 50 unique pieces to collect in the game, with more to come!

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There are more rules and ways to win, including an additional row on the board behind your setup called your reserve: You can put extra pieces in it to bring into the battle later. There are also tokens, a new type of piece that grants you abilities or changes the rules of the game without being on the board. Units have several unique abilities that make the game play much differently from traditional chess.

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The rules of the game change depending on which tokens you pick for your army. Start with a whole extra row of pawns, create a knight at a weak point in your opponent's defense, or change the win condition to include capturing all of the opponent's minions.

Favor Chess retains chess-like design, and there are no hidden pieces or random elements inside matches.

Other Features:
  • Ranked ELO-based ladder system with leaderboards
  • Daily challenge positions
  • Private game lobbies with rules options
  • Ai skirmish mode
  • Daily Quests for rewards
  • In-Game tutorial
  • Beginner-Friendly interface options

Favor Chess — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

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

Recommended Aug 3, 2024
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8 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 14, 2026
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] [quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: In-Game Cash Shop[/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money/credit card details to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] At face value, when you get into Favor Chess (and do nothing because there are no players), you might think this was just another attempt from an amateur developer to "fix" all the problems with Chess. And we know, every single time an amateur developer tries to do this, that Chess doesn't have any problems that need to be fixed. But then you get into it and see it's just another garbage cash shop with a game stapled onto it. If you do try to play this, which you can't really, it's full of bugs, lacks polish, and has a weak technical delivery (moght as well be a browser game). The way the developer tried to "fix" Chess here was by adding lots of pieces …
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 17, 2024
Playtest your game. Some units are broken and turn the game into a chore. One perfect example is the Pharoah abomination, it will permanentaly escape and will make checkmates practically impossible. Since there are no players around, I play against AI and AI doesn't forfeit. It will just permanently move its piece around so no checkmate is possible.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 6, 2025
Игра 'Favor Chess' – это свежий взгляд на классические шахматы! Механика "милостей" добавляет непредсказуемости и стратегической глубины. Вместо стандартных ходов можно использовать ограниченное количество "милостей", чтобы, например, переместить фигуру противника, защитить свою или даже воскресить уничтоженную. Сначала это кажется странным, но быстро понимаешь, что это открывает совершенно новые тактические возможности и усложняет игру разы, требуя мыслить за пределами обычных шахматных шаблонов. Визуальное оформление минималистичное, но приятное, не отвлекает от игрового процесса. Интерфейс интуитивно понятен, быстро осваиваешься. Играть можно как с ИИ, так и с другими игроками онлайн, что делает её отличным вариантом для коротания времени и для серьёзных шахматных баталий. ИИ предлагает разные уровни сложности, так что подстроиться под свой уровень подготовки не составит труда. В целом, "Favor Chess" – это отличное приобретение для любителей шахмат, которые хотят попробовать что-то новое и более динамичное. Рекомендую!
Recommended May 6, 2024
chess bat--
Not recommended Jan 14, 2024
I don't understand how to play this game.

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