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Crawl through the infernal checkerboards. Plan your moves, survive demonic hordes, collect unholy weapons, and descend ever deeper to reclaim your soul — but beware: in this damned game, the rules of chess have been... corrupted. Can you reach the PAWNDEMONIUM ?

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: To be announced
Developer: Etienne Pouvreau
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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  2. #2 Chess of Doom
    96% matchNo user reviews
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    96% matchNo user reviews2026
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    95% matchNo user reviews2026
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    94% matchMostly Positive80% of 369 reviews2025
    Dev: Marc Makes Games
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    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    93% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2018
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    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Experience a 4K graphics strategy game with tactical depth, breadth, and challenge like nothing you have played before: the perfect mix of Chess, tactical setups and quests inpired by classic RPGs

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    92% matchNo user reviews
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    91% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Przemek Cholewa
    Windows

    Restore peace - one piece at a time. Start a rebellion with a handful of loyalists in this chess roguelike, and grow your army as you free a war-torn kingdom. Gain banners that bend the rules and build devastating synergies as you race to topple a tyrant before his army returns!

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  10. #10 Once a Pawn a King
    90% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: Clover BitePub: indie.io
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    Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.

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    89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Yohan Fabre (Gamezel)Pub: Klaas Jongsma
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    A Game of Chaess is "Monty Python meets Tolkien on a Chessboard". Defeat waves of black pieces in this asymmetrical chess game to stop the Lord of Darkness! The rules are simple, but the game gets harder and harder. Only the most fooli- eh fearless players will succeed!

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    89% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
    Dev: Amusing Noodle Games
    Windows

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    88% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
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    86% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2023
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    82% matchNo user reviews
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    81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
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    81% matchNo user reviews2026
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    80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    79% matchNo user reviews2027
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    79% matchMostly Positive71% of 123 reviews2014
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    78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
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    77% matchNo user reviews2026
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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    76% matchNo user reviews2026
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    75% matchNo user reviews
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    75% matchNo user reviews2026
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  37. #37 Crounds
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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  38. #38 Gambition
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2023
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    72% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    72% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Flown
    Windows

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    70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Bored Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

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    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
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    69% matchVery Positive89% of 895 reviews2021
    Dev: j4nw
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    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    69% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    71% matchNo user reviews2023
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    Windows

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    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Noah Magner
    Windows

    A colorful chess roguelike! Engage in dopaminergic, cinematic strategy while you fulfill a chess power fantasy - your pieces gain abilities as you construct a juiced up roster capable of surviving the onslaught! Only - seven mysterious prismatic kings stand before you and the one true crown...

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    67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: MiThiKaL Productions
    Windows

    A roguelite chess RPG where your pieces don't stay as they are. Earn upgrades, unlock branching skill trees, and build your warband across runs as you fight through 10 boss encounters, each one rewriting the rules to take you apart.

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  51. #51 King-Dom
    71% matchNo user reviews2018
    Dev: maddma
    Windows

    A two-player online (choose an opponent from your Steam friends list) Chess, in an edgeless landscape called "Kingland", with upgrades.

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    67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Melmax LLC
    Windows

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    68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    66% matchVery Positive91% of 7,408 reviews2022
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    68% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
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    67% matchNo user reviews2026
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    66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
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