Chessplosion

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Chessplosion

Short description

Chessplosion is an arcade action puzzle game where you drop chess piece bombs to create chain reactions and trap opponents. Defeat enemies and bosses in Adventure Mode and the roguelike-inspired Dungeon Mode, break targets with limited bombs in Puzzle Mode, or fight friends and AI in Battle Mode.

Developer
C.T. Matthews
Publisher
C.T. Matthews
Release
Tue, Sep 21, 2021
Price
$11.99
Reviews
139
Positive
96%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Indie
Features
Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Full controller support, Includes level editor, Remote Play Together
Tags
Arcade Pixel Graphics Top-Down Multiplayer Chess Action Roguelike Tabletop Rogue-like Retro Action Rogue-lite 2D Colorful Puzzle Singleplayer Local Multiplayer PvP Procedural Generation Cute Dungeon Crawler
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$70ksomewhere between $31k and $125k · roughly 3K–11K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $11.20, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $11.99 launch price. That is 7% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

Tracking started Aug 4, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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Image Name Studio Shared Tag difference Price Reviews Positive Released Revenue (estimated)
Hero Siege Hero Siege Panic Art Studios Ltd 2 titles 3 − Arcade − Top-Down − Chess + Action RPG + Hack and Slash + RPG $7.99 36,951 67% Wed, Jan 29, 2014 $13.3m
$8m – $16m
Streets of Rogue Streets of Rogue Matt Dabrowski 2 titles 3 − Arcade − Top-Down − Chess + Rogue-lite + RPG + Rogue-like $19.99 17,258 96% Fri, Jul 12, 2019 $16.7m
$16.7m – $23m
Sephiria Sephiria TEAM HORAY 2 titles 3 − Arcade − Top-Down − Chess + Inventory Management + Rogue-lite + Rogue-like $17.99 12,490 95% Fri, Jul 31, 2026 $8m
$1.4m – $14.2m
Downwell Downwell Moppin first game 3 − Top-Down − Multiplayer − Chess + Precision Platformer + Indie + Platformer $2.99 7,879 97% Thu, Oct 15, 2015 $954k
$538k – $1.3m
Heroes of Hammerwatch Heroes of Hammerwatch Crackshell 6 titles 3 − Arcade − Top-Down − Chess + Rogue-lite + Co-op + Dungeon Crawler $27.99
$5.59
80%
7,486 87% Thu, Mar 01, 2018 $6.2m
$6.2m – $7.4m

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