Master of Chess

About Master of Chess

Master of Chess is a single player tactical management game. It was developed by BRANE and was released on September 9, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

Make the right moves and become World Chess Champion! Develop your skills and opening repertoire in this chess player management game. Apply the right strategy to win matches and climb the rating ladder to become the best chess player the world has ever seen.

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 172 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

stability3 negative mentions

Unique chess career simulation combining chess gameplay with RPG and management elements, providing an engaging and addictive career progression experience.
Helpful AI assistance system that scales with player skill level, allowing players of all levels to receive hints and improve their chess abilities in a stress-free environment.
Active developer engagement and ongoing updates, with a responsive community and continuous improvements making the game more enjoyable over time.

AI engine is inconsistent and sometimes makes illogical or suboptimal moves, failing to realistically simulate human opponent behavior or ELO-based difficulty scaling.
Numerous bugs and crashes that cause loss of progress and disrupt gameplay, including save glitches, poor simulation outcomes, and missing fundamental chess rules like threefold repetition draws.
Underdeveloped management and RPG systems are often superficial, lack meaningful choices, and feel tacked on rather than fully integrated, weakening the overall career simulation aspect.

gameplay
24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21% positive mentions, 66% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions
The gameplay centers around strategic "key moments" in chess matches combined with an RPG-style progression system, offering modes from full AI assistance to solo play. The built-in hint and energy mechanics add a layer of decision-making, encouraging players to balance using help versus their own skill, creating engaging and sometimes daring gameplay. However, some find prolonged games tedious and occasionally impacted by glitches, but the overall loop is satisfying and educational for improving chess tactics.
- “The game's Steam page advertises three elements of the core gameplay experience: improving your chess game, an intelligent AI system to improve your moves, and a management experience.”
- “The game has 3 types of gameplay: you can play with full AI assistance (which will be as strong as your Elo, so don't expect to beat much stronger opponents), then there's the semi-assisted mode, where you choose the moves yourself, but your player judges the move (if your player is weak, the judgment may not be as accurate), and then there's the normal mode, where you can play completely alone.”
- “Playing with unreliable engine assistance, and by extension having to decide how much to trust it when it suggests moves you otherwise would not have considered, is fundamentally a gameplay mechanic that I find fascinating.”
- “Lost 40 hours of gameplay to a save glitch.”
- “I think it's a good general concept that never quite landed in a specific gameplay spot.”
- “The game's Elo calculations are accurate, which is bad for gameplay.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The graphics are generally appealing and charming, enhancing the immersive experience, though some users feel the art style could be improved or prefer a 16-bit pixel art aesthetic. While gameplay is prioritized over visuals, a few wish for more customization options to adjust or disable certain graphic elements. Overall, the graphics support the game well but leave room for stylistic preferences.
- “The graphics look nice, the art is charming, and I do once again *love* the concept of this game.”
- “The graphics are appealing, and the gameplay is seamless, contributing to an immersive experience.”
- “One of the best chess games out there, though I wish it would be in 16-bit pixel art style; the current art style is not so great, but the game is!”
- “I know that you can just avoid pressing it, but for aesthetic reasons it would be nice to be able to turn it completely off.”
- “One of the best chess games out there, just wished it would be in 16-bit pixel art style; the current art style is not so great, but the game is!”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game currently suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting it as very buggy and prone to glitches. Overall, its unstable performance detracts from the experience.
- “It's very buggy.”
- “Too buggy and empty at the current state.”
- “Buggy.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game features music only in the menu, with no background music during gameplay.
- “There's no music outside the menu music.”
- “There's no music outside the menu music.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users are excited about the addition of a story mode to the chess game, finding it a unique and engaging feature.
- “Omg, they added story mode to chess!”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game features a significant amount of grinding, which is seen as a core and enjoyable part of the experience by players.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The humor is noted for its escalating absurdity, becoming increasingly hilarious as the game progresses.
- “It's actually hilarious how it starts spiraling down as the days go by.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The optimization aspect is criticized for overestimating performance, as the system is rated highly but fails to deliver results consistent with those ratings.