Super X Chess

Super X Chess

Mlyst · October 24, 2018 · Chess, Board Game, Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Logic

Buy Super X Chess from Steam at $12.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $1.79
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Super X Chess price by region

Super X Chess costs £10.99 in the United Kingdom, €12.79 in Europe (EUR), $12.99 in the United States, $12.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$16.99 in Canada, A$18.95 in Australia, NZ$18.99 in New Zealand, R$41.99 in Brazil and zł59.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Super X Chess offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £10.99 £10.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €12.79 €12.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $12.99 $12.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $12.99 $12.99 — 1
Canada CA$16.99 CA$16.99 — 1
Australia A$18.95 A$18.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$18.99 NZ$18.99 — 1
Brazil R$41.99 R$41.99 — 1
Poland zł59.99 zł59.99 — 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 Super X Chess


Key Advantages

  • 9 new chess pieces help generate more creative and exciting chess.
  • Reduced draw percentage.
  • Success in the game is determined more by the ability to think moves and less by preparation and memorization.


Key Features

  • 3 Basic Game Modes: Super X Chess (can combine own pieces), Super960 Chess (in addition has randomized piece starting positions) and Normal Chess.
  • 64 custom starting position scenarios. For example, face the Army of Dark Knights, where black player start with every possible Knight piece.
  • Single player mode against customizable AI opponent. There's AI difficulty levels ranging from estimated Elo of 700 to 2200. This provides a suitable challenge for over 99% of chess players.
  • Local multiplayer. Online multiplayer possible through steam remote play.
  • 3D and 2D views.
  • Tutorials.
  • Ability to go through your previously played games.
  • Possibility to create handicaps by creating imbalances to the starting army strengths for easier or harder challenges.
  • Undo move for casual play.


Balanced Design

  • If you decide to combine your pieces, then you get a stronger piece but at the same time you lose time from developing your position.
  • If your opponent can constantly threat your more powerful pieces, then your providing free tempo for the opponent.
  • Having less pieces can also prove to be a drawback when fighting over a critical square as then you can't pile up as many attacks to it.

Why Play It?

  • Play it to appreciate your creativity, thinking, imagination, intuition and insight.
  • Super X Chess is a game based on ideas emerging through systemic space. Systemic space creates new emergent properties to the system from the relationships of its lower-level components. It's what makes everything - atoms, water, love, interactivity, games, life - possible. Systemic emergence can be speculated to be behind the existence of all matter and energy. If this is true, then you have a chance to experience and understand more about the secret sauce behind the reality, life and love by playing Super X Chess.
  • Crafted with love, care and sacrifices. It will also mean content updates.

Super X Chess — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Co-op, Split screen
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Mar 21, 2026
My low expectations from this game were monumentally exceeded. Highly recommended for any chess variant enthusiast. If you are skeptical, spend some time with the demo. Some of the descriptions in the tutorial could be more precise and seem to assume a certain minimal familiarity with common chess variant ideas, but the rules are logical and consistent enough that it will become clear with minimal effort. First, the variant itself seems well thought out and elegant, with good balance and interesting possibilities. The most common (and natural) fairy pieces from Capablanca, Seirawan, et al. are here, but they are combined with a few fresh ideas that make this stand out without being counterintuitive or needlessly complex. I haven't noticed any fatal flaws and it seems to have undergone a fair amount of analysis and many hundreds of hours of play by a few reasonably strong chess players. One of my pet peeves with many chess variants is that they seem to indulge in a childish desire for more and more powerful pieces. The gross expansion of material then demands a larger board (or vice versa) and on and on ab absurdum. In contrast, this variant doesn't add any material to the board,…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 20, 2023
This program has made a lasting impression on me because of the user interface : simple but very nice and ergonomic. The chess variant proposed is quite fascinating and the AI is as much powerful as you wish. A very nice thing is that you can play Regular Chess and now Chess 960 with this program. [b]Bravo to the developer for patching this game 5 years after its release ![/b]
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 3, 2021
Not worth it even on sale. Buggy mess and a waste of time.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 3, 2021
The concept is cool however the online pvp doesn't work at all, tried to play with a friend and it stopped working after like 4 moves each time we tried
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 12, 2021
Cool idea, missed opportunities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J8gyFnZYhM
1 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 23, 2025
Plays great on Steam Deck when set to Proton Experimental.

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