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Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is a chess, minimalist and relaxing game developed and published by Minimol Games.
Released on April 10th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 29 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 and Vietnamese.

It has received 409 reviews of which 358 were positive and 51 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 0.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Zen Chess: Mate in One into these genres:

Chess Minimalist Relaxing Puzzle Education Tabletop Strategy Casual Mouse only Logic Abstract Colorful Family Friendly Atmospheric Singleplayer 2D Indie Addictive Short

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.7+
  • Processor: 2 Ghz Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Any

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
It will let you move pieces to spots that are illegal, and not tell you that they're illegal. It just flashes and starts the level over. I know chess moves, so I'm not personally effected by that, but it's a baffling design decision that I simply cannot understand. However, it is cheap and pleasant. Good brain work, though for actual chess skills I'd just go to chess dot com. the music is very nice. I wish there was a true 'dark mode' though, the closest you can get is kind of a darkish sky blue.
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March 2025
Time to complete includes a lot of leaving it running while working, glancing as an occasional break. Some okay puzzles. Puzzles get somewhat repetitive. This shouldn't need saying, but past 'teaching the player the rules of chess'-esque levels, where the whole game is nothing more than M1, a puzzle which only has a single move which places black in check is not good enough. With that being said, at a price of less than a quid, there's enough for me to recommend here.
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Feb. 2025
✅✅This game is a chess game and you have to solve puzzles ✅The game has 300 levels ✅5 chessboard sets/color schemes ✅Cheap game ✅Simple, uncomplicated game so I have no reservations about this game
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June 2024
Truly a zen experience. Had moments where I forgot to click on the right piece after a thought and stood there baffled to see the knight make a rook move, or the pawn just casually glide across the board to promote. The achievements per ten levels had me fly through this as the sight of progress was awesome, and the puzzles' difficulty levels? Excellent. Different concepts you have to be aware of to progress like pinning pieces and discovered checkmates. It as the name of the game implies, really is just a mental exercise of "how can I make sure there are no squares for the king to go to?" Which is invaluable when it comes to the broader game which accounts for more things to keep tabs on. A short game but a cool one. Recommended!
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June 2024
Mate in One puzzles for a dollar. Can't argue with that value proposition.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Zen Chess: Mate in One is currently priced at 0.99€ on Steam.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 0.99€ on Steam.

Zen Chess: Mate in One received 358 positive votes out of a total of 409 achieving a rating of 8.14.
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Zen Chess: Mate in One was developed and published by Minimol Games.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is not playable on Linux.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is a single-player game.

Zen Chess: Mate in One does not currently offer any DLC.

Zen Chess: Mate in One does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Zen Chess: Mate in One does not support Steam Remote Play.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Zen Chess: Mate in One.

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Zen Chess: Mate in One
0.99€
8.1
358
51
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Developer
Minimol Games
Publisher
Minimol Games
Release 10 Apr 2018
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