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3D Chess
Developer bumblebee
A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard. Checkmate your opponent with only a few moves and solve challenging chess puzzles in amazing 3D worlds. From the Steam store page
78 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 13, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
44
Mixed
23 positive · 29 negative
95% range 32–58%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 23 | 29 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
30 of 60 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
46% recommend · 24 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 52 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (100 of 177 positive).
Players appreciate the game's clean visuals and simple controls. [1][2][3] Many criticize the weak AI and lack of animations. [4][5][6] Some find it a decent casual chess game with limited content. [7][8][9]
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- [1]
Classic Strategy Board Game https://youtu.be/a9Abs4g0rVc + Visually appealing with 4 unique environments with great use of lighting. + Gameplay is solid. It is classic Chess with nice simple controls + Great for learning how to play Chess or improving your knowledge / skill. + A few other game modes such as chaos-mode and chess puzzles - There is no animation when moving pieces, so they instantly move across the …
- [7]
Wow, this really is a mixed bag. It has some terrible elements and some really good ones. I am going to try to be fair here but there is not a lot of content and it does not take long to 100% it. (3 hours) Start with how it ranks as a chess opponent. Pretty poor if you have played any serious chess but if you play serious chess you already know about proper chess sites and chess programs. You certainly do not go to …
- [8]
I received this product for free for reviewing purposes. This has in no way altered or affected my review. TL;DR I wish there was an "okay" button, because that's what 3D Chess is. Just okay. It doesn't stand out or offer much in comparison to other chess games. As said, the visuals are great, but there's not much variety with only 4 environments. Each environment has no music, only a sound effect which loops …
- [5]
As a player who loves chess a lot, I can easily say this game is completely trash. Gameplay is horrible in so many aspects: 1- Even the hardest AI plays like an average amateur who blunders randomly in a mid-game. Broken. 2- Challenges are so meaningless, most of them are not interesting at all like there's a whole page of 'Avoid Check' and all you have to do is not letting AI checks you. It may sound unique at …
- [9]
Well, i its indeed a 3D chess, but that's all. It has some puzzles or challenges, but they are not too hard for a regular player. The hardest IA is not too hard for a regular player too, with a few rounds of practice you can beat it. And the pieces movement is very buggy. It has something interesting that is the workshop feature that enables player to make puzzles and share with other.
Summarised from 34 of the 79 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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3D Chess sits at 44% positive across 52 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 78 · most liked firstWith the discount, it's one of the cheapest Chess games on Steam. Steam cards are overrated... means you can sell them and get back the good half of the paid price of the game. And if you know how to play (at least a bit above the beginner's level, like ELO 1000+), it's a quick "complete" game. If you're a beginner, there is a short guide book included, as well as the "chaos mode", where AI moves its pieces absolutely at random. My 5 y.o. girl likes that mode. But... that's about all good I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The history of the TikTok ban is hilarious to me China is clearly playing a game of 3D Chess while America is attempting (badly) to play tic-tac-toe Going dark a day before Trump, only to come back and make a statement about restoring service and thanking him? Democracy is truly in danger
neutral · AI labelView post →Classic Strategy Board Game https://youtu.be/a9Abs4g0rVc + Visually appealing with 4 unique environments with great use of lighting. + Gameplay is solid. It is classic Chess with nice simple controls + Great for learning how to play Chess or improving your knowledge / skill. + A few other game modes such as chaos-mode and chess puzzles - There is no animation when moving pieces, so they instantly move across the board. This makes it a bit hard to see what the computer's last move was as it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3D Chess! Yeah.. it's.. 3D chess. I mean.. everyone knows how to play chess, I haven't been playing it for two decades probably on a regular basis but I've learned it as a child and kept playing it here and there.. I think our '90s PCs were flooded by 2D chess games.. This one.. is a 3D chess game. That costs 10€/$ - you read it well. Essentially, it hosts all the negative and positive sides of every game made with the Unity engine - everything's customizable, everything's simplified. Plus, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I received this product for free for reviewing purposes. This has in no way altered or affected my review. TL;DR I wish there was an "okay" button, because that's what 3D Chess is. Just okay. It doesn't stand out or offer much in comparison to other chess games. As said, the visuals are great, but there's not much variety with only 4 environments. Each environment has no music, only a sound effect which loops (Volcano-bubbling lava, Ancient Rome?- fire crackling, and Graveyard-typical…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some say it is chess. I am not able to agree with that statement as you are forced to take queen when promoting pawn. That is not according to chess rules. Additionally "avoid check" puzzles are mostly only doable as computer is not even trying to give you check. On other hand "give check" puzzles are so easy it is not worth to go there. Plus for "checkmate" puzzles some of them need deep gaming knowledge. In general, it is not bad game, it is just not very good. In 90 % off promotion and a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I play a lot of chess, there's something nice about the simplicity of 3D chess. The background noise has a pleasant calming effect that seems to boost your concentration, & the pieces & the backgrounds are easy on the eyes. I like that we are allowed to contribute our own puzzles, & the developers are quite friendly & seem genuinely interested in everyone's feedback. I own Fritz for fun, and I can't stand the headache it gives me from the myriad of meaningless features. 3D chess is basic &…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3D Chess Losing as the incumbent mayor to a guy who wears a red beret and has 35 cats… all part of The Grand Game www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/25/e...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is just turn 1 in Dark Brandon's masterful 3D Chess game. Just you wait...
neutral · AI labelView post →- Only 3 difficulties & the hardest is easy to beat. - Online is dead. - Mediocre graphics, lighting, boards/pieces and limited viewing angles of the board typically make it less clear to see what's going on at a glance than it could be. You can only choose a set of predifined views or rotate the board sideways. - User created workshop puzzles are a very cool idea, but it's dead and barely anything has been uploaded. - Official puzzles are too few and too easy. Conclusion - Too expensive…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 3D Chess Analogy is inaccurate! The PSYCHO plays an entirely different game! Unfortunately, we have not been learning and there are many people associated with the GOP who are happy to assist with the CREATIVE FRAUD GAME! #USDemocracy
neutral · AI labelView post →Cute game with pretty graphics, but limited camera angles and limited difficulties make this not worth the money. I found the that it does not live up to the hype, all flash, no substance.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simplistic chess game to test your skill, it provides a beautiful look, and a few environments to change around, though it's missing animations when you or the computer moves a piece, I would recommend the game, it's a great challenge, and a great game to practice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I fear that he is ... I continue to hold onto hope that he is playing some 3D Chess Troll game... but I don't think I can have hope in 2024.
neutral · AI labelView post →A very nice game that puts your mind to work for real :D ...i enjoyed chess since i was kid ...and i still do so if you like chest and dont have friends in real life to play ..here you can ...play versus computer or even a friend ..and feel free to add me if you want play..online...have fun !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The #Impotus wants his cult to believe he’s playing 3D Chess. The American Majority knows he’s only playing a failing game of Pick-up Sticks.
neutral · AI labelView post →hsr wouldve been the perfect game if the combat WASNT LIKE THAT!!!! i want BG3 TURN BASED COMBAT!!! i want 3D CHESS!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Gay dating is a game of 3D Chess. 1. Intelligence 2. Attractions 3. Sexual fit
neutral · AI labelView post →I did not want to review this. Not because there is anything wrong. It is because it is chess. I like chess. Lots of people like chess. It is not a game that can change drastically or dramatically. It is chess. As long as there is a board with the correct number of squares, the correct number of chess pieces and it all works... there is nothing else to do. I do recommend this to anyone who has not played chess as it will not let you move a piece into a place it cannot go. You can also click a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hochul playing... I'll call it 3D Chess setting up Trump to [attempt to] pardon the most obvious rapists [so far].
neutral · AI labelView post →Overall -- very good but still a great deal of work is necessary (really a lot). The application freezes pretty often so that's a problem numero uno. Not sure if it's the video card I have but fairly certain I am not the only one and it's a great turn off. Next on the list is fixing some of the arenas as far as lighting conditions (it's difficult to tell which piece is which when all you see are shadows). After that you should enable user to observe the board from an almost arbitrary angle. It…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rump & Hegseth started a war to distract playing a grueling game of 3D Chess using a very weak 1D checkerboard strategy! They plan to hide their losses in voluminous diatribes they spew into the MAGA Republican MSM! We are not distracted! Release the Epstein Epstein files!
neutral · AI labelView post →As a player who loves chess a lot, I can easily say this game is completely trash. Gameplay is horrible in so many aspects: 1- Even the hardest AI plays like an average amateur who blunders randomly in a mid-game. Broken. 2- Challenges are so meaningless, most of them are not interesting at all like there's a whole page of 'Avoid Check' and all you have to do is not letting AI checks you. It may sound unique at first but when you get the control, you realize the problem immediately because AI…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did not imagine it was possible to write such a horrid chess game. First, the puzzles: "set check" and "Avoid check" in some cases have multiple-move solutions, but the AI doesn't know what your goal is, and does not defend against/attack with check to make the problem remotely difficult (except in one or two cases where its checks happen to be checkmates). I have not yet tried the set checkmate; I suspect that will be more challenging. Second, the AI overall. If the "Hard" AI is rated…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.” – Vladimir Putin Not even sure if Putin actually plays chess. I love 3D chess because you could play this with your friends or loved ones! There is local multiplayer mode available, so you don't really need to get 2 copies to play with your loved ones / friends if they are in the same place/room with you. What intrigues me is the Chess Puzzles - not many online sites have this! 100% achievement? Yes! But it takes a while. If you are looking to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great graphics and well working game. Had a problem with it on my Mac but the devs fixed this in no time! Great support.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's all part of his 3D-Chess game to be good for the Jews.
neutral · AI labelView post →China has always played the long game. China is playing 3D Chess while Trump can rarely win playing checkers.
neutral · AI labelView post →It keeps crashing and honestly, I'm hoping to get a refund. Just wont stop shutting down mid-game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buggy as ♥♥♥♥: -doesn't detect checkmate -doesn't detect a draw (only kings left) -game crashes when a pawn turns into a queen overall 5/10 good enough for killing some time!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You haven't met some of the Libs I have in that case. Carney walks on water. Plays 3D Chess. Some long game. He owns Danielle Smith, stringing her along, the MOU is a ploy. He's a fucking genius on a level we've never seen before. It's a Cult of Personality. I don't think PMJT had this level.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tak and Corners - in the Kingkiller Chronicles Bocce - poker-like game in Star Wars 3D Chess and Strategema - Star Trek (we don’t talk about the hopscotch thing on DS9 Cyvasse - Game of Thrones Pyramid - BSG
neutral · AI labelView post →Now, we also live in four dimensions, counting time, so the #idiom honestly don’t make a lot of sense anyway, but it’s definitely “4D Chess,” not “3D Chess,” if you want to suggest someone is playing some strategic super-game. #idioms
neutral · AI labelView post →Recommended for game farming
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, this really is a mixed bag. It has some terrible elements and some really good ones. I am going to try to be fair here but there is not a lot of content and it does not take long to 100% it. (3 hours) Start with how it ranks as a chess opponent. Pretty poor if you have played any serious chess but if you play serious chess you already know about proper chess sites and chess programs. You certainly do not go to Steam to buy a product when you can just play for free on a dedicated site…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can respect the sentiment, but the result is that oil prices globally will continue to rise while all 3 parties go about their game of 3D Chess. No matter what happens, we pay.
neutral · AI labelView post →Q: What do you get when you buy a chess program for a $0.99 sale price? A: A $0.99 chess program. Some of the puzzles are just *weird*...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3D Chess, developed by bumblebee and published by familyplay, is a straightforward digital rendition of the classic board game that leans more on presentation and accessibility than on innovation. At its core, it delivers exactly what its title suggests—a playable version of chess enhanced with optional 3D visuals and a handful of additional features designed to make the experience more engaging for casual players. It does not attempt to reinvent the game or introduce new mechanics, instead…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My favorite game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Who wants to play a quick game of chess? #startrek #3dchess #collectables
neutral · AI labelView post →So, which 3D Chess game are we playing today? How far will Republicans go to own the libtards? Do they even know?
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm just past the middle of season one. There's lots to like. It's a well written political game of "3D-Chess" (which even gets a mention).
neutral · AI labelView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a 3D game that is best played in 2D and forces you to play in 3D when online with friends.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, i its indeed a 3D chess, but that's all. It has some puzzles or challenges, but they are not too hard for a regular player. The hardest IA is not too hard for a regular player too, with a few rounds of practice you can beat it. And the pieces movement is very buggy. It has something interesting that is the workshop feature that enables player to make puzzles and share with other.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I put the computer in checkmate, and it took my queen guarded by my bishop with its king. Not worth your time if you want to actually play chess.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very bad chess game graphic are very poor.i beat the computer like nothing in the hardest is level without trying
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a complete disappointment to me: I just wanted to buy a classic chess game, but this game has many errors: 1) Imagine this: enemy bishop is threatening your rook (which is in front of your King) Then, this rook protects a pawn 2) Then, how th, can the enemy king just capture this pawn????? It is protected by the rook, even in a discovered check (or however this is called). Also, in each difficulty level, the game always starts in exactly the same opening, which becomes a bit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More traditional chess game. A bit easier. Can choose the intensity of the AI.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →!!!!! RUNS ON MAC OS 10.15 !!!! steam said the game would not run on my current version of mac os, the game description said runs on 10.8, whatever future os that is. I am currently running it on my macbook pro retina 13-inch 2013. There is some lag here and there but 100% playable. It might not be the best chess game out there but for 10 bucks I am not going to return it. Currently in quarantine and just finished playing a game with my dad who is miles away. You can easily invite your steam…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →every time i use my pawn across the board the game crashes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not too much to review here. Typical chess game, Allows for some scenarios such as mate in a limited amount of moves. Also some screen customization. It's chess. an in depth review isn't going to really happen here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I knew that what I was getting wasn't something great, still I feel like I should convey to you what I feel about this game. First of all, A.I. isn't good, I mean I didn't try out the hardest level yet, but most of the times A.I. goes for checking you all the time which results in you doing the same move over 20 times until you decide to give up and let it have it its way. It also doesn't help that there are only 4 difficulty levels, could be more considering even most of the net based…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing this on a Mac well over the specs is painful. Movement of pieces stalls and is sometimes undoable and the fan hits the roof after a few minutes making the poor computer sound like jet planing ready for take off. The game engine could also do with some re-work. In version 2.0.2 the Chesspedia states that making 50 moves without taking an enemy piece will end the game in remi. Doing well over 50 moves where the AI comes to the same conclusion since I move the piece back doesn't result in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whoever programmed this did terrible job as the vast majority of the time my king can't capture another piece when it should be able to, yet the CPU never has that restriction. Also only able to promote pawns to Queen. Neither of these things is how Chess is meant to work. So many matches lost because of this stupid design.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What? US Farmers don't believe Trump is gonna fix it? What about that 3D Chess game MAGA kept referring to? I suppose it is impossible to ignore the exploding cost of fuel, & fertilizer at this point, even for MAGA. Calling MAGA dumb at this point is like calling a baby short, it's True-as-Fuck!
neutral · AI labelView post →MESSAGE TO THE WATCHERS: YOUR GAY-BOY's 3D CHESS GAME IS REALLY 2D CHECKERS SLOP! SACRAFICING ALL YOUR PAWNS!? REALLY!? FUCK YOU! YOUR FACING ACCOUNTABILITY AND NO BUNKER WILL SAVE YOU IMMORAL FUCKTARDS! I KNOW MY PEEPS, I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER! THE DEVIL WILL SERVE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN!
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean I don't think there's an official stance, but I have always taken the name '4D' chess to be a reference to the game of 3D Chess, which obviously implies that chess is 2D, though you can very much argue it isn't
neutral · AI labelView post →You’re an imbecile and dotard like Gene Roddenberry if you say things like 3D Chess. This is a 2D picture of a 3Dimenional chess board set up to play. After you played the game and lose, and you will, it has fewer pieces on the board. That’s after Dumbtime, the 4th dimension. Feel dumb yet? 5D dumb
neutral · AI labelView post →Never quite figured out how much use cards were in what is apparently, according to some, diplomatic 3D Chess? Not much use in the actual game of draughts the rest of the world sees being played either.
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