Idle Chess Story

Idle Chess Story

Joaquin Telleria · June 19, 2019 · Early Access, Tabletop, Free to Play, Strategy, Indie

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

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Idle Chess Story price

Idle Chess Story 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 Idle Chess Story

Creatures from all over the Galaxy make their way to play on the annual idle chess tournament. In Idle Chess Story You take control of a team of chess units with special abilities to win over your opponents and increase your rank.

Idle Chess Story — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Aug 9, 2024
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7 found this helpful
Not recommended May 10, 2022
Not an Idle Game nor is it a Story Game in any way. You just buy some troops and hope that you're lucky enough to beat the enemies. You can buy more troops than you can actually use (four when you go against the first boss), and there's no chance to bring in your other troops that are waiting on the sidelines at all. You also have to start from scratch if you fail against the first boss. I think I'll stick to a regular game of chess rather than this... I don't even know what the Dev was trying to do here.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended May 22, 2025
Despite the name of the game, this is not an idle game. You play a few rounds of "chess", during which you can get gold to buy more "chess" pieces. After you either reach a few wins or lose your HP, you start over completely from zero with nothing to show for your effort. Chess is in quotes because the only thing that seems to be chess-related is the battlefield. Don't waste your time.
Recommended Apr 27, 2024
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Not recommended Mar 1, 2023
This is neither an Idle game nor a Chess game, and it's basically RNG that determines if you get anywhere and the player has zero control over where the mobs you buy and place move or attack. Not worth the time.
Not recommended Dec 22, 2022
I have no idea what I'm doing. Or what i'm supposed to do.

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