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Chess Folk

ChessFolk is a chess game featuring offline play against hundreds of fictional AI opponents with distinct profiles, playing styles and difficulty levels. Its opponent system combines Maia-2, Stockfish and…

18 August 2026

Chess Folk is a card & board game developed by Space 64, released 18 August 2026 on Android, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Chess Folk is

Chess Folk is a card & board game game developed by Space 64 and released in 2026. It is available on Android, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Flutter.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Step into a fictional chess community where every opponent has a name, a personality and a different approach to the board. Meet familiar rivals, enter tournaments and build your own history through victories, defeats and rematches. With Susu the panda among the characters you’ll encounter, Chess Folk turns individual matches into a personal journey through an offline chess club.
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How it plays

Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Chess Folk launched on 18 August 2026, within three weeks of The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and Mortal Shell II.

Released around the same time: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Chess Folk come out?
Chess Folk was released on 18 August 2026 for Android, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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