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Also Chess and Board Game, like Master of Chess.
- $12.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2017
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Football, Tactics & Glory
Why this: Same immersive mood as Master of Chess.
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Why this: Also Chess and Tabletop, like Master of Chess.
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- 19NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
Genres: Sports, Strategy, Simulation
- 91% of 179 reviews
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: BRANE
- Price: $19.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 83% of 162 reviews
- Genres: Sports, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Career progression from beginner to elite
- Hint system can be ignored for pure practice
- Puzzle studies adapt to skill level
- Challenging
- Competitive
- Contemplative
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About Master of Chess
The closest matches to Master of Chess: Chess Ultra, Dark Chess, Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition, The Ouroboros King, and Passant: A Chess Roguelike. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Master of Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess Ultra, Dark Chess and Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, competitive and contemplative, and single out its career simulation and elo progression. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Master of Chess: Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide. Become World Champion in the first and only chess career simulator!
Is Master of Chess worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 83% of 162 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 33 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 17 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Career progression from beginner to elite
- Hint system can be ignored for pure practice
- Puzzle studies adapt to skill level
- Simulates real chess tournament pressure
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Can't recommend this game since its "ai chess engine" doesn't play according to the ELO value of the opponents, it is always playing at least 2200-2800 ELO games even if the opponent's ELO is rated at 1200, fix this or its not a recommend…”
“I like the idea and I appreciate the effort made by the developer. But you pay full price and have to deal with crashes and various bugs. A crash in this game means that you have probably lost your progress and the games you played will…”
People who play it also play: Chess Ultra, Dark Chess, Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition
Frequently asked about Master of Chess
Can I run it?
Does Master of Chess run on Steam Deck?
Master of Chess is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Master of Chess cost?
Master of Chess is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Master of Chess?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Master of Chess are Chess Ultra, Dark Chess, Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition.
Who developed Master of Chess?
Master of Chess was developed by BRANE.