Master of Chess

Chess career simulator built around matches, training, and tournaments

BRANE · Released Sep 9, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 299
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 6; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 22, 2026

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Master of Chess?

You create a chess player and guide their career from young talent toward professional competition. In this single-player simulator, you play matches against AI opponents, solve puzzles, develop an opening repertoire, and manage budgets and tournament fees with guidance from a coach.

For you if...

+you want a single-player chess career with tournament management
+you like practicing chess with puzzles and coach guidance

Not for you if...

−you want to face human opponents rather than AI
−you dislike managing budgets between chess matches

What players say

83% of 299 reviews are positive

Players praise the career format and its chess practice tools. They complain about crashes and lost progress, and some find AI opponents' moves erratic.

Screenshots and trailer

Master of Chess system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70 GHz
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 33
Steam features: Workshop, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Vietnamese, Italian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.