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Should I ship an AI Chess game?
Chess + Artificial Intelligence
Only 7 developers shipped an AI Chess game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Chess Kingdom, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) |
| Top 5% | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Chess
- effort 1 / 10 · high · fully specified rules and known engines
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Chess
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 9,150 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Chess with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationFair
- + Turn-BasedFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + StrategyLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
Comparable games
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel 2020 · $2.9M 
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016 · $112k 
Dark Chess 2023 · $60k 
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess) 2018 · $59k 
Chessarama 2023 · $54k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel | older | $11.99 | 8,097 96% | 243k | $2.9M (exactly $2,912,491) | Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC |
| | Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition | older | $15.99 | 233 74% | 7.0k | $112k (exactly $111,770) | Ripstone |
| | Dark Chess | older | $12.99 | 155 76% | 4.7k | $60k (exactly $60,404) | Tall Troll Games |
| | Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess) | older | $19.99 | 99 74% | 3.0k | $59k (exactly $59,370) | Pixel Wizards |
| | Chessarama | older | $14.99 | 121 90% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $54,414) | Minimol Games |
 | Trendpoker 3D: Texas Hold'em Poker | older | $9.99 | 100 76% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | BufoProject |
 | ChessCraft | older | $5.99 | 81 96% | 2.4k | $15k (exactly $14,556) | Stuart Spence |
 | Ancient Go | older | $4.99 | 97 64% | 2.9k | $15k (exactly $14,521) | Hart Laboratories LLC |
 | Hnefatafl | older | $9.99 | 48 100% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,386) | Philippe Schober |
 | BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons | older | $1.99 | 119 91% | 3.6k | $7.1k (exactly $7,104) | Deep Green Games |
 | Chess Kingdom | $4.99 | 45 91% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | Pinch Games | |
 | Chesscent | $7.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Alex did it | |
 | Chees | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Kerem, Hüseyin | |
 | Kingsfall:Chess | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kahuna Studios | |
 | K-CHESS OMEGA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | monore | |
 | RanaRangam: Where Chess Pieces Bleed | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bogaram Rakesh | |
 | Altus Chess-Archaic Beginnings | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Arcane Architecture Limited |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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