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ChessBase 16 Steam Edition

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition overview

ChessBase GmbH | Apr 20, 2021 | game

Released

11players observed · 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC

StrategyChessBoard GameTactical2D

  • Latest observed players11 · 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak34
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score88% positive

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players11 · 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak34
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score88% positive
  • Total reviews69
  • Release dateApr 20, 2021
  • DeveloperChessBase GmbH
  • PublisherChessBase GmbH

Genres: Strategy

Company pages: Developer: ChessBase GmbHPublisher: ChessBase GmbH

No longer available on Steam Store. This app is no longer available for purchase on the Steam Store. SteamPulse keeps live player counts, media, metadata, and historical price snapshots where available.

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Game overview

Overview

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition comes from ChessBase GmbH and is published by ChessBase GmbH. It arrived on Steam on Apr 20, 2021, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Multi-player. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 11 players at 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC, with a tracked peak near 34. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 69 reviews.

Language and system requirements

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition is available in 8 languages including:

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainCzechDutchPolish

2 regional rating boards including dejus and steam germany

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedDual Core2 GB RAMGraphic card with 256 MB500 MB available space
WindowsRecommendedWindows 10PC Intel i5 oder AMD Ryzen 3 (Quadcore)4 GB RAMGraphic card with 512 MB1 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition overview details

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the standard throughout the world. Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more. What you can do with ChessBase :Retrieve games according to openings, players and tournaments; generate tournament cross tables and full graphic statistics of players or openings; “Similarity search” shows all games with similar pawn structures, sacrifice patterns, endgame positions, etc.; “Let’s check”*: access the world’s largest database of in-depth analysis (more than 200 million positions); “Instant Analysis”: Any unannotated game is analysed almost without delay immediately on loading (optional). “Assisted Analysis”: as you enter a game, whenever you click on a piece an evaluation is produced for all its possible target squares; “Tactical Analysis” will annotate game, inserting commentary, variations and diagrams, before strong moves or errors, into a game or an entire database. It will also point out combinations, played in the game or missed, tries, attacks, initiative, and of course the latest in openings theory; Cloud analysis: you can analyse positions simultaneously with several engines from on different computers running in parallel; “Deep analysis”: generates an analysis tree that changes dynamically, as with time weaker variations are dropped; automatic analysis jobs for correspondence games; “Replay Training”: Playi…

SteamPulse editorial summary

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition is listed as a game with No longer available on Steam Store. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Multi-player, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 11 players at 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC, a tracked peak of 34, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameChessBase 16 Steam Edition
Steam App ID1497080
Typegame
Release dateApr 20, 2021
DeveloperChessBase GmbH
PublisherChessBase GmbH
PriceNo longer available on Steam Store
PlatformsWindows
GenresStrategy
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player
Supported languagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Polish
WebsiteNot available

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players11 · 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak34
Positive reviews61
Negative reviews8
Total reviews69
Positive percent88%
Review typeVery Positive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtime37,548 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateApr 20, 2021
Official Steam feed update (UTC)9 May 2025 - 06:40:03 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

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SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/1497080
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/1497080
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for ChessBase 16 Steam Edition

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for ChessBase 16 Steam Edition?

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition's latest SteamPulse observation records 11 players at 4 October 2026 - 15:47:22 UTC, with a tracked peak of 34 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 626 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is ChessBase 16 Steam Edition growing or declining recently?

October 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 11 players; the highest observed daily value is 14 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is September 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for ChessBase 16 Steam Edition?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are Canada (20%), United States (20%), Iraq (10%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (19%), Canada (14.3%), United Kingdom (8.2%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (21.6%), Canada (15.7%), United Kingdom (8.3%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (18.4%), Canada (11.7%), China (8.4%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for ChessBase 16 Steam Edition?

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition currently sits at 88% positive across 69 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 61 positive reviews and 8 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Very Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does ChessBase 16 Steam Edition have?

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition currently has about 384 tracked Steam followers as of 23 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for ChessBase 16 Steam Edition?

ChessBase 16 Steam Edition is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

88% positive, 61 positive, 8 negative

Price and discount

No longer available on Steam Store

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases

No data available

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Graphic card with 256 MB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 9

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS: Windows 10 Processor: PC Intel i5 oder AMD Ryzen 3 (Quadcore) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphic card with 512 MB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 11

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