This Is Not Chess
Short description
A turn-based tactics game about goofy characters with wide and varied techniques duking it out across a bright and colourful battlefield.
- Developer
- Courtney Dawson
- Publisher
- Courtney Dawson
- Release
- Tue, Oct 20, 2020
- Price
- $7.99
- Reviews
- 1
- Positive
- 100%
- Followers
- 33
- Owners (estimated)
- 20K – 50K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy, Early Access
- Features
- Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Includes level editor
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by the $7.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Sep 18, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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