# Chess of Blades Summer DB entity ID: 9464368f\-048c\-402a\-9874\-73e5c04094fd Steam App ID: 618550 The king is having a huge birthday celebration\! Five days of dancing, festivals, and drinking, culminating in a grand masquerade ball\. It just so happens that Rivian Varrison, the introverted son of a famous nobleman, is forced to attend this giant event by his father\. By chance, or maybe something more deliberate, he runs into a host of colorful and shady characters, all with their own stories to tell\. But when a sudden and mysterious crime happens on the second day of the party, Rivian finds himself thrown into the middle of it, and has to discover the truth behind what really happened \-\- and who the people around him really are\. Features: 125,000 words \-\- 12\+ hours of gameplay 3 BxB romance options \(\+1 unlockable route\!\) 9 endings 30\+ CGs Full English Voice Acting 14 track OST Windows/Mac/Linux/Android platforms For those unfamiliar with visual novels, they are primarily 2D narrative\-based games that present the user with important choices that alter the story's path\. For Chess of Blades, mystery and intrigue are a central part of the story, but there are also three prominent romance routes that significantly change the later portions of the game\. Play the demo through the "Download Demo" button to the right\! Argent Games Argent Games is a 2\-person team comprised of a writer/programmer/designer \(Dovah\) and a producer/manager \(Gamma\)\. Bonded together over a shared love of things such as games, anime, and Yaoi, we formed Argent Games in 2016 to launch our first title, Requiescence \(also available on Steam\)\. Chess of Blades is the second Boy's Love \(or yaoi\) mystery/romance visual novel game developed by Argent Games, and many more are planned in the future\! ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Argent Games - Publisher: Argent Games - Release date: Jan 5, 2018 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Casual, Indie - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, mac, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_dfc64979fb27742cb678f0e1d30f251b4bf978c2\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_c9a8967dc14b8eb2f8ea82c77b4ead5961be3a21\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_92baf452659deeeed4294af84f063bc68f296358\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_44c11a364954a1212fdc19f6f843e7e7f505a77e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_3e0e7457d2e28bd3f0cfb6a1736842b85a470f91\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_3c1ce748d7fc4ae6c9f88ee342295191ef7a2ef8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/618550/ss\_34f77c5b44ceb4b391c650860bf6c9f96ca9bb88\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1787606144 - Price: 2499 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 118 - Steam positive reviews: 108 - Steam negative reviews: 10 - Steam positive percentage: 91.52542372881356% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/9464368f-048c-402a-9874-73e5c04094fd/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/9464368f-048c-402a-9874-73e5c04094fd/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T20:53:57\.28061\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T20:53:58\.66828\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T20:53:58\.275971\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/618550/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/618550/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=618550","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/618550"\},"price":"2026\-09\-22T20:53:57\.28061\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-22T20:53:57\.28061\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-22T20:53:58\.66828\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-22T20:53:58\.275971\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"0c4741a4\-baea\-4898\-9f3e\-35f0ab76379b","catalog":"4a5d293b\-ca94\-407b\-995b\-7e0ad3a13371","details":"61ff22c7\-530c\-4216\-a129\-9e714c716428","players":"5095e379\-5ed7\-488d\-bca3\-ff6409299680","reviews":"ac3c3af7\-db4f\-40db\-b0c3\-ad8c8740e636"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"9464368f\-048c\-402a\-9874\-73e5c04094fd","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/618550/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/9464368f-048c-402a-9874-73e5c04094fd)