Chess for idiots
Early access since Feb 2024
The first intellectually non-discriminatory chess variant. Instead of thinking, just move your pieces in one of the many absurd ways!
93% positive · 1,589 reviews
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In early access, development status unclear
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Development Uncertain
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Chess for idiots entered Steam Early Access on February 1, 2024. In its first few months, the developer shipped several patches — bug fixes in February 2024 and a feature update in May 2024 adding new achievements and gameplay tweaks. The only paid DLC (a Premium pack) launched alongside the base game on February 1, 2024 and has been released.
However, the developer has not posted any update, patch note, or communication of any kind since May 26, 2024. The game remains in Early Access with no announced roadmap, no stated 1.0 release plan, and no indication from the developer about whether further development is ongoing or concluded. As of June 21, 2026, the silence has extended well past what the early update pattern would suggest, and the developer has made no statement about the game's future direction.
Evidence
Feature patch Beta v1.1 added new achievements and gameplay adjustments. This is the last known developer communication.
Game is still listed as Early Access with no stated 1.0 release target or development roadmap on the store page.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Polish Hacker
Achievements
47
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Disclaimer: I do not support Kor*in and other extremes. The game is a satire full of stupid jokes aimed at people with an absurd sense of humor. The game is not intended to promote any ideology.
Chess for idiots - a discipline of intellectual sport, invented and initiated by Ozjasz Goldberg. Seemingly chess for idiots resembles regular chess. The game is played on the same board using the same pieces. However, this is where the similarities end, because everything that would discriminate intellectually against players was eliminated from the rules. Therefore, there are practically no rules, and players can make any move with any pieces and capture any number of opponent's pieces. The victory is determined by the IQ (the lower, the greater the chances of winning) and the decision of Ozjasz Goldberg.
Weapons:
True story:
When I was going to primary school, there was this guy named Paweł, and during breaks I played a game with him which involved blowing own coin in turns to land on the opponent's coin. Years later, I met Paweł and we remembered about this game, that day I couldn't sleep and I decided to copy this game to the computer. In addition to the coin mode, I added a chess mode and posted a video from a very early version of the game on a certain Facebook group where someone commented that it looked like Chess for idiots - it is a Polish political meme referring to a certain statement of a controversial politician, then I decided that this game will be a political satire. The game is therefore simultaneously a recreation of a physical game from my childhood, a parody of chess and a Polish political satire.
Chess for idiots - a discipline of intellectual sport, invented and initiated by Ozjasz Goldberg. Seemingly chess for idiots resembles regular chess. The game is played on the same board using the same pieces. However, this is where the similarities end, because everything that would discriminate intellectually against players was eliminated from the rules. Therefore, there are practically no rules, and players can make any move with any pieces and capture any number of opponent's pieces. The victory is determined by the IQ (the lower, the greater the chances of winning) and the decision of Ozjasz Goldberg.
Weapons:
- Blowing
- Arrow
- Invisible hand of market
- Brushwood+
- Wozdoopy Grenade
- Inflation
- Hot Sauce
- And more...
True story:
When I was going to primary school, there was this guy named Paweł, and during breaks I played a game with him which involved blowing own coin in turns to land on the opponent's coin. Years later, I met Paweł and we remembered about this game, that day I couldn't sleep and I decided to copy this game to the computer. In addition to the coin mode, I added a chess mode and posted a video from a very early version of the game on a certain Facebook group where someone commented that it looked like Chess for idiots - it is a Polish political meme referring to a certain statement of a controversial politician, then I decided that this game will be a political satire. The game is therefore simultaneously a recreation of a physical game from my childhood, a parody of chess and a Polish political satire.
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Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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