# Zen Chess: Mate in Three

Summer DB entity ID: e3d3cf92\-44b1\-4681\-a54f\-8909df5dd760

Steam App ID: 1042990

Zen Chess: Mate in Three  is a minimalist chess puzzle game\.       Designed for chess lovers of  all levels  \(even if you just learned how to move the pieces\);     Solve 300 puzzles  carefully selected  by a Chess Grandmaster \(TOP 200 in the world\);     Enjoy a minimalist,  beautifully designed  chess board and pieces;      Original soundtrack , specially composed to help you keep your focus and concentration;     Everything in the game was made with a lot of  love  and  craftsmanship \.      Can you find the three moves that will solve each puzzle? Give it a try and show yourself you are a true chess master\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Minimol Games

- Publisher: Minimol Games

- Release date: Apr 30, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1042990/ss\_e3ad53106ee97144ff17f9d5dbc2123617f09930\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729622221, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1042990/ss\_be086a7ea563943d78d09ca474eab76352b036ac\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729622221, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1042990/ss\_684eec561eb54f41ed0c91137996fc2312acb0c8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729622221, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1042990/ss\_d21a8815b1c74e6c05513479c9e70c349aad815c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729622221, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1042990/ss\_5ece93445fe5fa95e01261aa620467de282702ea\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729622221

- Price: 99 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 76

- Steam positive reviews: 58

- Steam negative reviews: 18

- Steam positive percentage: 76.3157894736842%

- 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/e3d3cf92-44b1-4681-a54f-8909df5dd760/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/e3d3cf92-44b1-4681-a54f-8909df5dd760/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\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T03:37:36\.535081\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T03:37:37\.884056\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T03:37:37\.59472\+00:00

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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.

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