ActionStrategy
Checkmate Showdown
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 10% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 241
What the data shows
- 65% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (65%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 10% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 246 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 221 reviews: 1.7h for positive, 0.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (9.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (26)
- GL HF Play your first online match. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 100%
- GG EZ Win your first online match. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 51%
- Scholar'd Win a match in under 5 turns. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 16%
- New life, new me! Promote a pawn. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 15%
- Combo Trainee Perform a combo of at least 14 hits in an online match. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 14%
- Royal Regicide Win a King vs King fight. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 11%
- We who are about to die Launch and Win a fight with a piece who only had one health bar (200 HP) left. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 10%
- Get Pwned Capture a total of 5 enemy fighter pieces with your pawns. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 7.1%
- Outstanding move! Capture the enemy king with a pawn. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 7.1%
- Collaterals Capture a total of 50 pawns in online matches. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 6.1%
- Combo Veteran Perform a combo of at least 22 hits in an online match. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 6.1%
- Featherweight Win a total of 50 online fights. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 6.1%
- Novice Win a total of 10 online matches. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 5.1%
- Combo Master Perform a combo of at least 30 hits in an online match. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 3.1%
- Graduation Party Have three or more pawns promote in the same match. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 3.1%
- Age of Chivalry Win a total of 5 online matches in which every fight you initiated were fought by your Knights. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Grandmaster Win a total of 100 online matches. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Heavyweight Win a total of 500 online fights. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Hyper Collaterals Capture a total of 500 pawns in online matches. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Matriarchy Win a total of 5 online matches in which every fight you initiated were fought by your Queen(s). (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Middleweight Win a total of 200 online fights. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- National Master Win a total of 50 online matches. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Pawn Supremacy Capture a total of 25 enemy fighter pieces with your pawns. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Theocracy Win a total of 5 online matches in which every fight you initiated were fought by your Bishops. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- THE ROOK! Win a total 5 online matches in which every fight you initiated were fought by your Rooks. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
- Tyranny Win a total of 3 online matches in which every fight you initiated were fought by your King. (Quickmatch or Ranked) 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.