Chess Kingdom
Chess with structured lessons, league seasons, and alternate rule sets
Pinch Games · Released May 1, 2026
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 61
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 13 in 30 days
- Players
- 5
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 day ago
- Oct 26, 2026
What is Chess Kingdom?
Play chess against AI opponents, compete in tournaments, or challenge friends online without needing to be online together. Six training campaigns cover basic piece movement through advanced calculation. League play organizes AI matches into seasons, with promotion and relegation between divisions.
For you if...
- +you want opponents spanning beginner to advanced skill levels
- +you want local competitive play on a shared screen
Not for you if...
- −you dislike planning moves and solving tactical problems
What players say
87% of 61 reviews are positive · 84% of 13 in the last 30 days
Players praise the training material for different skill levels and the tools for reviewing mistakes and alternative moves. Some report sluggish play and trouble creating profiles.
Screenshots and trailer
Chess Kingdom system requirements
Minimum: HD 4000, 2 GB RAM, 0.7 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Chess Kingdom?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz / AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 / AMD equivalent
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 700 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz / AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 620 / NVIDIA GTX 750 / AMD equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 700 MB available space
Does Chess Kingdom have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Chess Kingdom run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 43
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Hindi, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Indonesian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Swedish.
Does Chess Kingdom use AI-generated content?
Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:
I have used Claude Code to create the game itself code and assets.
The statement mentions: AI active during playCode
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Chess
- Board Game
- Casual
- Desktop Companion
- Singleplayer
- Difficult
- PvP
- Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Multiplayer
- Simulation
- Puzzle
- Tabletop
- Artificial Intelligence
- Indie
- Local Multiplayer
Recent updates
- Oct 2, 2026 · September update: fairer opponents, clearer tutorials, and your feedback
- Aug 23, 2026 · A pile of fixes, new countries and A NEW GAME!
- Aug 3, 2026 · Chess Kingdom update August 2026 (and new game announcement)
- Jun 28, 2026 · Update shaped by refund reasons
- Apr 25, 2026 · Native Linux Build, Smarter AI and Localization fixes!