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Once a Pawn a King

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.

★ PASSANT: A CHESS ROGUELIKE ★ SHOTGUN KING: THE FINAL CHECKMATE ★ DARK CHESS ★ WARHAMMER 40,000: REGICIDE ★ DEIFIED ★ SLICE & DICE ★ RACK AND SLAY ★ TWILIGHT WARS ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

92% 👍 OF 4.6K
About This Game

Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …play as a lone king with a double-barrel shotgun.
  • …kill a piece and spend its soul to move like it.
  • …pick one upgrade for yourself and one for the enemy every floor, so you're boosting your gun while also mutating their army.
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Dark Chess

76% 👍 OF 213
About This Game

THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.

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Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

67% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Fire Between Chess Moves
  • …Unleash Psychic Powers
  • …Lead Space Marines
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Slice & Dice

97% 👍 OF 2.6K
About This Game

Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Reroll Hero Dice
  • …Undo Battle Actions
  • …Choose Class Promotions
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Rack and Slay

91% 👍 OF 611
About This Game

The roguelike dungeon crawler where you're a billiard ball! Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels. Stack up countless game-changing items to create broken builds. Find combos to create your own synergies and customize your playstyle. Rack and Slay!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …stack items until one shot clears the table in a chain of explosions.
  • …reach endless mode runs where you're taking 1500 shots, earning 200k gold per level, and stacking 70+ upgrades per floor.
  • …shoot monster balls into pockets, spikes, bombs, and extra holes.