Chess Ultra
Skip · Multiplayer · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 37, under the fair line, at $12.99.
- Cost per hour
- $6.50/hr
- Reviews▼
- 75% of 2,326
- Genre rank
- Top 33% Multiplayer
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 2h
- To 100%
- 14h 7.0x the story
- Achievements
- 38
Price and sales
- Sales
- 64 on record
- Typical cut
- 60% off
- Steam low
- $3.89 January 2025
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 16 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 63% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
84% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 64 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 60 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 13 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 33 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Tabletop Simulator ($19.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Tabletopia (free, scores 10).
More about Chess Ultra
8 of the 654 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 487 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 27 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 14, 7.0 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 2 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 13 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Best chess game I was able to find on Steam. It's very relaxing, has decent graphics, and offers nice chess piece customization. Definitely recommend.
1 more review, not recommended
Graphics are worse than browser games such as Lichess and the services the game provides are just lesser, there is not a single advantage to the game. Just use lichess.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 6750, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Chess Ultra scores 37/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/518060/chess-ultraReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.