ChessRogue (2024)

- Developer
- Zlatlza Considerations
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
- Rating
- 5.0 of 5, 7 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 49 minutes
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow-paced, tactical roguelike where you build a chess-themed party and push through increasingly tough randomized dungeons in a retro 2D style.
strategicturn-basedroguelikechess-themeincremental difficultysingleplayerretromodest
What players say
Players find this a simple, cheap chess-roguelike with potential, and many praise the developer's active updates, though some split on the modes, finding black mode fun and white mode tedious.
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