Underplayed Gems

ALL Chess (2023)

ALL Chess cover
Developer
XDG GAME STUDIO
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Sports, Strategy
Rating
3.9 of 5, 52 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A chill sandbox for designing and playing personalized chess variants at your own pace.

casualstrategiccreativecustomizablerelaxedmethodicalexperimental

What players say

Players love the huge variety of board games and the ability to create custom ones, but nearly everyone criticizes the AI for being extremely weak and poorly implemented. Many also report missing or buggy rules for specific games like international checkers and Japanese shogi, and the online multiplayer is essentially dead.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.