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Minimol Games · Published by Minimol Games · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 88% positive (465 reviews) · 30 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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3 Sept 2026Lowest: £0.89 · Highest: £0.8910 Oct 2026
Casual · 2018 · More under £5 games
Zen Chess: Mate in One presents a unique challenge on its beautifully designed board, testing your strategic thinking skills as you solve complex puzzles within just one move.
About this game
Zen Chess: Mate in One 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 one move that will solve each puzzle? Give it a try and show yourself you are a true chess master.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- Processor: 2 Ghz Dual Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 100 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Supported Languages
English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
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Our new game is out now: Puzzle Gallery! 🧩
Hey everyone! We’re super excited to finally share our new project with you: Puzzle Gallery: Jigsaw Art Collection! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/37117656/955b1cb3630bcec58ab07d6e9e18d74f679d1401.jpg It’s a relaxing puzzle game where every image comes from real artworks by invited artists. No AI, no generic stock. Just authentic art turned into digital jigsaw puzzles. You can start right now with 4 free puzzles from The Lighthouse Arcade collection by Mauricio Casiraghi, and explore 4 curated DLCs featuring different artists and themes (with more on the way!). ✨ Main features: Regular and irregular cuts (48–432 pieces) Smooth zoom and multiple selection Edge filter, quadrant selector, shuffle & reference image Autosave and Steam achievements The base game is free to play, so you can dive in, relax, and discover your favorite art style. We hope you enjoy this cozy experience as much as we loved creating it. Let us know which artist collection you’d like to see next! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979440/Puzzle_Gallery_Jigsaw_Art_Collection/Read full article on Community Announcements (Raphael Dias)AnnouncementsOfficial
Watch chess and gaming influencers playing Chessarama!
We have an awesome community around the world. The chess isn't just the art of logical thinking, but the art of unity too. Several influencers of different countries already played our game on their Youtube channels. 😉 Let's take a look — and don't forget to drop your 👍 Professor Quartzo (Italy) Rafael Leitão (Brazil) Chess Vibes (USA) Knight Knowledge (Canada) Xadrez Brasil (Brazil) Throneful (Romania) Danéfreya (France) It's wonderful to see the art of chess uniting players around the world. 🌎 What about make part of this? Join our Discord https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1831830/extras/discord-chessarama__1_.png We want to make the Chessarama's community bigger and bigger — and you can be part of this! Join our Discord server and receive first-hand news about our demos, sneak peek into new gameplay features, meet the Minimol team, make friends and more! Click here to enter in our server. Don't forget to Wishlist and Follow Chessarama (just click the button on the widget below): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1831830/Chessarama/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/d6b4e2f87800ba0b2e758f0303c758209d7fd7eb.pngRead full article on Community Announcements (Raphael Dias)AnnouncementsOfficial
Chessarama page is live! Wishlist it now.
https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/72ffb433f24126c58bea016eed1061e88b26d574.png We have a big announcement today! 🥳 The Steam Page for Chessarama is finally LIVE! 🥳 You can WISHLIST it now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1831830/Chessarama/ Wishlisting a game is reeeeaallly helpful, so please don't forget to wishlist and follow Chessarama on Steam! We are working hard on this game and veeery excited to launch it next year! https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/05d652eab7386395340d62acd4063f328d203344.png Chessarama is a collection of original chess-inspired turn-based games. Choose a game, quickly learn its rules and play through the campaigns, community levels or build your own puzzles. Chessarama features several full games, each one of them with its own set of rules, art, pieces and game mechanics. Each game will feature a Creative Mode that will allow you to create your own puzzles and challenge other players to beat it. In the Community Hub, you will be able to play hundreds (thousands?!) of levels created by other players. Endless replayability and fun awaits for you. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/9ee4de8c4cf618f2804b704ced0dd1a56208015b.png Chessarama reimagine chess rules and mechanics using many different themes. Each game has its own theme, set of rules and original handcrafted levels for you to play! Want a sneak peak on some of those games? Awesome! Here you go: What if... chess pieces were high-fantasy heroes fighting a mighty Dragon? https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/3b4704b0fed82c4725f63f0207d3be09b3c84a2e.gif In Dragon Slayer, you need to push your pawn to the end of a path in order to kill the mighty dragon. But it will not be that easy! The dragon attacks the board every time the pawn moves and every undefended piece will die. So you need the help of yo...Read full article on Community Announcements (Raphael Dias)AnnouncementsOfficial
Hey! We Have Something Free and Special Just for You!
https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/4af2fc347f845b15f8c987ed68d8a7cba7245588.png Helloooo everyone! My name is Raphael and I am creative director at Minimol Games. We are a small indie game studio from Brazil working on puzzle games inspired by Chess tactics and strategies. Maybe you know some of our titles like Zen Chess, Unlock The King or Knights Retreat. The image above is from the game we are working on right now (to be released in 2022). It is a premium collection of tabletop games inspired by Chess culture, tactics and strategies. It will feature many different (original) games (all in one), hundreds of puzzles, a Creative Mode (for you to design your own puzzles), and some of the cutest Chess Pieces you’ve ever seen :) Its development has been a lot of fun and we finally got to the point where we feel confortable in sharing its first demo for a small group (for free!) This demo alone could be a complete $3-$5 dollars game on Steam, so we hope you have a lot of fun with it! Just keep in mind that it is a alpha version of it, and it can have a lot of bugs or strange things happening. You will be able to report those in-game , as well as give us suggestions and feedbacks! If you would like to help us (and have some fun playing it!), please click the link bellow to enter our discord server! We will release this first demovery soon and EXCLUSIVELY through our Discord server, so that we can manage it properly and give you the right support. Here is the link (it will expire soon): https://discord.gg/ysYuUhcx7k Hope to see you inside! Cheers!Read full article on Community Announcements (Raphael Dias)Patch NotesOfficial
MAJOR UPDATE - Available Now for Free!
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/6428763e3d9b4152c6bdb8e5f529f05ea666cc4e.png We've just released a major update for Chess Knights: High Noon! It is a completely new story, with new characters, new mechanics and scenarios. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/932e59cd1eab95ac91260397e1dee183f72ffe74.png https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/37117656/d3d9964dc4753b2e017364f776b6cbefa51aa140.png Together with this content update, we've also fixed several minor issues, added a help guide and other features to make the experience great for you. You can update your game and start playing it right away. And if you still does not own a copy of Chess Knights: High Noon, you can get it for only $1.99: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486800/Chess_Knights_High_Noon/Read full article on Community Announcements (Raphael Dias)
