Zen Chess: Mate in Four (2019)
- Developer
- Minimol Games
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Casual, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.3 of 5, 73 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.6 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A calm, focused puzzle experience where careful logical steps lead to satisfying conclusions.
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What players say
Players say the game is more about guessing the programmer's intended moves than solving chess puzzles, because it resets after any wrong move and does not enforce real chess rules. Many report that some puzzles have multiple valid solutions but only one is accepted, and puzzle 13 is broken and unskippable. The store says 50 puzzles but there are 100, though achievements stop at puzzle 50.
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