HomeGamesUpdatesPricingMethodology
Steam News7 January 20265mo ago

Version 5.5

Version 5.5 Patch Notes Gameplay - Added a Play Again button after matches. - You can now avoid specific players to prevent matching with them in queue.

Full notes

Full Chess Ultimate update

Read the full published notes in a cleaner layout. The original post stays linked below.

What changed

2 fixes3 additions3 changes1 removal
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Performance
  • Store
  • Gameplay
changedGameplay - Added a Play Again button after matches. - You can now avoid specific players to prevent matching with them in queue. - If a tournament game is about to start while you are in a match, the current match will now be forfeited. - Ghosts and Jesters are now revealed on Game Over. - Changed draw and take back requests to appear at the top of the screen to prevent accidental accepts and reduce spam. - Added a tournament description. - The last tournament winner is now displayed in the Play menu.
changedTournaments - Tournament sign ups now open 10 minutes before the start time to improve participation. - Added a notification for weekly tournament start times. - Added a message at the top of the screen indicating when you are waiting for a tournament game to start. - Fixed an unnecessary delay after tournament games end.
fixedUI and Menu - Menu fixes and improvements. - Increased the maximum number of characters allowed in the email address field. - Added ghost indicator count to the in game menu UI. - Updated ghost move indicators. - Made ghosts more transparent while invisible. - Fixed issue where switching back to the default pawn icon was not possible.
addedAnalytics and Performance - Added analytics tracking. - General optimizations and performance improvements.
addedNew Cosmetics
changedBundles - Bowling Bundle

Version 5.5 Patch Notes

Gameplay - Added a Play Again button after matches. - You can now avoid specific players to prevent matching with them in queue. - If a tournament game is about to start while you are in a match, the current match will now be forfeited. - Ghosts and Jesters are now revealed on Game Over. - Changed draw and take back requests to appear at the top of the screen to prevent accidental accepts and reduce spam. - Added a tournament description. - The last tournament winner is now displayed in the Play menu.

Tournaments - Tournament sign ups now open 10 minutes before the start time to improve participation. - Added a notification for weekly tournament start times. - Added a message at the top of the screen indicating when you are waiting for a tournament game to start. - Fixed an unnecessary delay after tournament games end.

UI and Menu - Menu fixes and improvements. - Increased the maximum number of characters allowed in the email address field. - Added ghost indicator count to the in game menu UI. - Updated ghost move indicators. - Made ghosts more transparent while invisible. - Fixed issue where switching back to the default pawn icon was not possible.

Analytics and Performance - Added analytics tracking. - General optimizations and performance improvements.

New Cosmetics

Bundles - Bowling Bundle

New Skins - Bowling Bomb - Bowling Pawn - Bowling Bomb (Red Variant) - Bowling Bomb (Green Variant) - Bowling Bomb (Blue Variant) - Tournament Bowling Bomb Skin

Miscellaneous - Removed expiry time from verification emails.

Bug Fixes - Fixed session tokens not refreshing properly after 30 minutes. - Fixed spectator desync when a Ghost revealed itself. - Fixed pawn moving into an invisible Ghost causing a resync. - Fixed Parasite taking a pawn that upgrades to Queen causing the game to stall until a sanity check. - Fixed issue where banning the King was possible in Draft Mode. - Fixed issue where a pawn with an attached Angel near an enemy Ghost could softlock the game. - Fixed an issue with registering alternative accounts. - Fixed Angel and Bomb interaction issues. - Fixed multiple Angel related bugs. - Fixed an issue where Giant and Copy Cat would not show knockout indicators correctly. - Fixed Giant surviving an explosion when Mage swapped it onto Bomb. - Fixed a Team Builder issue where Copy Cat and Giant could not be placed if you did not have enough points. - Fixed Copy Cat partner still considering a frozen host’s position when calculating available moves. - Fixed players being able to drop below Bronze V and appear as unranked. - Disabled the turn changer in the Jester tutorial to prevent a softlock.

Source

Steam News / 7 January 2026

Open original post

Changelog.gg summarizes and formats this update. How we read updates.