Highly customizable boards, tiles, and piece rules
Vast variant ecosystem with the world's largest chess variant database
Shareable designs with dedicated web pages for others to play
Online play or AI matches with your own creations
Less emphasis on traditional chess features and offline play compared to some rivals, per common competitor capabilities
Occasional popups tied to ChessCraft Patron may interrupt some sessions
Niche focus on variants may deter players seeking standard, classic chess experiences
About ChessCraft
ChessCraft is a board app developed by Frame of Mind.
How many times has ChessCraft been downloaded?
ChessCraft has been downloaded 1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 12 thousand times.
What is the rating of ChessCraft?
ChessCraft is rated 4.47 out of 5 stars, based on 12 thousand ratings.
Is ChessCraft free?
ChessCraft is free to download. The APK download size is 92.15 MB. The latest version available is 1.16.33. The last update was on April 12, 2026.
What are the requirements for ChessCraft?
ChessCraft requires Android 7.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2019.
Description
Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess sandbox with an AI computer opponent. Customize chess boards, rules, and pieces. Share your creations online. Play your friends online, or play the computer, or choose from one of 75 built-in chess boards in adventure mode. ChessCraft is also the world's largest chess variant database.
https://www.chesscraft.ca
Many chess AI mobile games already exist, but only ChessCraft allows the player to create such wacky boards and pieces and immediately play a decent computer opponent.
Create new pieces with any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, plus a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. Pieces can also enhance or restrict nearby pieces. Create new boards with any enabled or disabled tile up to 16x16. Place promotion rules for any piece, anywhere. Place tile rules like witch windows (teleporters), sanctuaries, and more. The computer AI opponent then uses concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand your creations and play against you.
When you share a board, your friends can play the AI too. Sharing creates a new web page just for you, like this:
ChessCraft is full and free with no ads, except for the occasional popup which asks you to buy ChessCraft Patron. If you become a patron, you won't see those interruptions anymore. If you're a teacher, student, or you cannot afford ChessCraft Patron, send me an email and I'll send you a special code.
Visit the website and send me an email if you have any feedback or questions. If you like the game, please rate it!
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Peak game Peak customization wished you can make a rule where you can betray your own pieces except the king of course (what I mean is by capturing your friendly pieces with your piece, hopefully I said that correctly)
★★★★★Dayanand Govekar· Jun 11, 2026
Holy Unicorn... This game is a masterpiece!!! It's chess but with more content, a campaign system AND the ability to create your own levels and pieces! If you enjoy chess you should DEFINITELY try this! 🌹🌹🌹☺️☺️☺️
★★☆☆☆Neko Kitty· May 22, 2026
Fun Game, but I've run into a bug where the game crashes whenever I play my created board. That's most of the appeal of this game for me, so I rate it low.
★☆☆☆☆Maria Luz Robles Cruz· Apr 7, 2026
Not recommend like The other chess apps have easier tutorials plus after time it's boring
★☆☆☆☆Leon Hill· May 13, 2026
Terrible not good for anything you can't do anything it promises
★☆☆☆☆Yeet Yaat· Mar 31, 2026
I'm having some trouble when I upload image for custom piece, after I choose an image it restarts back to the main menu, and my progress of uploading restarts as well, it's been my problem since this update drops, hope you can fix it even the UI as well
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