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Rooks Keep is an arena-based, melee combat game. A variety of game-modes, characters, maps and mutators are available. It also has Chess modes, mod support and decapitation!

Reviews: Mixed — 68% — of 96 reviews
Released: 2014-12-05
Developer: RuneStorm
Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 95%

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