Really Bad Chess

Name: Really Bad Chess
Rating: 4.0564704 (44596 reviews)
Author: Noodlecake

Noodlecake

★ 4.1 (44,596 ratings)

⬇ 1,000,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 3,074,315

Style: Board

Free

Released: May 17, 2017

IAP: $0.99 - $99.99 per item

Contains ads

Rated: Everyone

Mechanics Classic board games

Signals

4 this week · 2 positive · 1 warning All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +811 installs — 0% faster than the week before (+813) · 101/day since Sep 18
🏆Among Board games top 8% by installs gained this week (9630 peers growing)
⭐Rating steady at ★ 4.06 since Sep 18
🛠Updates dormant · updated 339 days ago

Installs since launch

+4,526 installs · +38 ratings since Sep 18

SDKs in the app · version 1.4.15, analysed Oct 5, 2026

Ad mediationAppLovin MAX ironSource / Unity LevelPlay
Ad networkAppLovin SDK Chartboost Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) 22.2.0 Meta Audience Network 6.16.0 Unity Ads 4.9.1
ConsentGoogle User Messaging Platform 2.0.0
Engagement & messagingPlay In-App Review 2.0.0
Game engineUnity (engine)
Game servicesPlay Games Services 17.0.0
PaymentsPlay Billing Library 5.2.1
Social & loginGoogle Sign-In 20.4.0

8 mediation adapters

Adapters connect a mediation SDK to an ad network. An adapter alone does not mean the network’s own SDK is bundled.

AppLovin MAX adapter → UnityAdsAppLovin MAX adapter → UnityAdsAppLovin MAX adapter → YandexironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 4.3.39ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 4.3.12ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → vungle 4.3.45ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → yandex 4.3.39ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → yandex 4.3.33

Found by static analysis of the app package; bundled is not the same as active. All SDKs →

Update history

1.4.18 Nov 27, 2025 · seen Sep 18, 2026

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Only the current version so far — new entries appear as the game ships updates.

Trailer

Really Bad Chess is a board game by Noodlecake with 1,000,000+ downloads (about 3.1M estimated). +811 installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.1 from 45K ratings. Released May 17, 2017. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Really Bad Chess is just like chess, but with totally random pieces. Try 8 Knights, 4 Bishops, and 3 pawns — why not? As heard on NPR's Weekend Edition 5 out of 5 Stars "An essential puzzle experience for anyone even remotely interested in strategy games" - TouchArcade Whether you play chess daily, or quit just…”