Cooperative Chess - Gameplay, Reviews & Similar Games

Throw off the shackles of competition and play Cooperative Chess with friends instead! Can you meld minds and thwart everything thrown in your way to complete a totally perfectly normal game of chess?

Developed by Adrian Marple, BAD Collective · Published by Adrian Marple, BAD Collective

Cooperative Chess has about 36 positive and 25 negative player reviews out of a total 61. We'll add a detailed breakdown here when there are more reviews.

59%

positive of 61 player reviews

From the Devs

When your friends win, you win.

Co-op Chess occurs in rounds, and in each round you must occupy all the "!" squares.

Achieve checkmate for either side and you both win!

If you've read this far, you must want some feature details

Customizable difficulty
Single-player mode if you want to learn in a safe place (or if that's just your thing)
Avatar customization unlocked by completing achievements
Private games with friends
Quality of life improvements beyond what's normal for Chess apps

Cooperative Chess is part of what has retroactively been termed a "molasses jam" run by the Bay Area Dev Collective. The theme of the jam was to make a violent genre non-violent. Somehow the idea of co-op chess came up during a brainstorming session, and I knew immediately that I had to figure out how to make it work. And now you and a friend get to experience it yourselves.

The other molasses game jam games are also on steam: