Once a Pawn a King
55% positive of 54 Steam reviews
- Released
- 2026
- Steam Deck
- Not tested
- Platforms
- Steam
Made by Clover Bite. Published by indie.io.
About the game
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.
Tagged by players
- Chess
- Turn-Based
- Grid-Based Movement
- Perma Death
- Dungeon Crawler
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Roguelike
- Hand-drawn
- Party-Based RPG
- Medieval
- Difficult
What players say
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