Not Chess

232 reviews
Content rating
PEGI 3
10K+
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About this game

Wait, if this game is NOT chess, then what is it? It's a mind blowing puzzle game with some simple chess rules and a few special ingredients to make it fun and challenging for everyone!

•How to play?
You start with one single piece. Across the board, there are a few chess pieces strategically placed. When you take a chess piece, you become that piece and inherit its abilities. The level is complete when you collect the coin.

•Who is this for?
It doesn’t matter if you have no idea how to play chess or if you are a chess grandmaster. This game is for everyone. The tutorial covers all the required information in a fun, interactive way.

•Challenging?
While this game is not chess, some levels will have a higher difficulty, requiring careful planning and strategy, making this a great way to put your brain muscle to work.

•Features:
- 3 Difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard; with limited moves and limited time to complete the levels.
- Zen color palettes and relaxing soundtrack
- Haptic Feedback.
- Optimized for all devices;
- Simple controls, suitable for any age.
- Play Offline, no internet connection required to play
- No violence, stress-free; play at your own pace.

•Developer notes:
Thank you for playing “not chess”. I put a lot of love and effort into making this game. Don’t forget to review the game and share it with your friends. Use #notchess on social media!
a puzzling chess-like game
Updated on
Jun 21, 2024

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  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

225 reviews
William Harrison
April 4, 2022
Great concept, well realised. Should help learn critical thinking & problem solving. Perhaps add in a mode similar to golf where you have a 'par' rating for each puzzle. (I found quite a few where I had a spare move at the end). Then try to complete a round of 9 puzzles in as low as possible, or under par or the like... :) Thanks for the entertainment so far. Also, an option to disable buzz/vibrate would be good. Thanks.
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Mikala
December 9, 2020
Fun time killer, though a couple things stop it being 5 stars. First is that I personally don't like the sound the pieces make, but I like the background music. There isn't a way to only turn off one or the other though. Secondly, the time between levels is a bit too long. The animation for the tick and the arrow is drawn out and takes you to a menu rather than the next level. Speeding up the animation and putting you into the next level would improve this in my opinion. Otherwise it's great!
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Zach Urillo
May 3, 2026
There are a couple of problems keeping me from giving 5 stars. The main issue I have is that even the hardest puzzles are quite easy. Another issue I had was that the title animation played every time you went to the main menu (including after changing settings) and could not be skipped which was a bit annoying. It also only displayed the legal moves intermittently and would not always display all of the legal moves (especially with rooks), this could be an issue for newer chess players.
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What’s new

•Level flow: now you can smoothly progress from level to level without having to navigate extra Uis.
•Level Pack and New game mode: Sequence mode: discover a new way to play Not Chess. Would love to hear your feedback on this; There are a few coins on the board; players must carefully plan and create a strategy to collect all the coins using the limited moves available.
•Hide/Show guides: Up for a challenge? Try hiding the guides in the Settings for extra difficulty.