Help me out here?
So sometimes I just wanna play chess on my steam deck. I’m in my 50s, I got a steam deck about a year ago, and I am absolutely loving what it offers me. Before this I hadn’t done gaming since PS1. I recently finished bioshock, I’m currently about a third of the way into cyberpunk. I’m also playing prey. I pick games to suit my mood. And sometimes my mood is to just wanna play chess against a computer. Can anyone recommend a game?
The steam library has a whole lot of chess games, but they mostly seem to be chess plus scary monster, chess plus tits, chess plus nonsense. I just wanna play chess! Ideally on a 3d board, that’s all I ask. No gimmicks, no boobs, just chess that runs locally on my steam deck.
I’ve googled this and seen people on reddit etc saying you’ve got to play online versions in the browser - FFS!
Can someone recommend me a decent chess game that is steam deck compatible? I’ve already bought a couple of chess games that weren’t verified and haven’t worked out.
Sorry for the rant, I’m just frustrated. Chess is such an ancient and fundamental game I’d have thought this would be easy, but here I am asking for your help.
I’ll be grateful for any ideas.
Idk if you would want to put in the elbow grease for this one. But I had chessmaster 10th edition a long time ago and really enjoyed it. Currently you would likely need to aquire it, and I haven’t tried running it on linux but I’m sure it would run with proton just fine.
https://flathub.org/apps/org.kde.knights
https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Chess
Edit - those aren’t a 3D board, but regular chess. Check this one:
Maybe should add that these are accessed via the desktop mode, discovery store. Then they need to be added as non-steam game to start them outside desktop mode.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/
Sounds exactly what you’re looking for.Jokes aside, what about free chess on steam? Seems reasonably polished to me, is marked playable on deck and its free. What exactly have you had issues with other chess games with? Controls?
Or maybe The Chess: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3158990/The_Chess/
Maybe Chess Ultra is what you’re looking for? It’s 3D and looking at ProtonDB it seems to run on the Steam Deck.
Just to add that I did buy shotgun king and I’m enjoying it. But it’s not plain chess, and that’s what I am looking for!
Fun game, but not actual chess indeed!
I’ve attempted a few, but keep going back to my phone or a pc. I also got a chessnut air (secondhand, otherwise they can be quite pricey), this way I can play online but still on the board.
Might you find a good one to play, please share!
I’m sorry. Chess and boobs? My curiosity is piqued. Maybe I’m on my way to GM.
Have you tried Tabletop Simulator?
