Usurper

An absolutely fantastic game for fans of chess (as well as cultural variants like shogi) and deck builders. The four factions are all well-designed and offer people with different play styles plenty of options. Can't wait to see more

This game is a typical deck builder slash roguelike. The deck builder is selecting cards that represent chess pieces to place and roguelike to unlock new pieces with untypical chess moves. You can only place pieces next to your king, which forces you to move your king often to get new pieces close to the enemy king. I think this concept sounds cool on paper. Unfortunately, this game has a 4x animation speed ... it needs like a 16x. Soooo slow ... and the music is atrocious. The game seems to be locked to fullscreen at 60 fps. I really want to play games like this in windowed mode at a lower resolution. It needs more TLC on the UX. I feel like this sort of lazy/generic presentation of the game could really benefit from better visuals to draw more interest. But I feel really annoyed that I have to stare at a nearly completely static screen with the music muted. I got it in a bundle, but I don't know if it has legs for me. I really wish steam had a meh button, but I think there is enough to dislike here to give it a no.

I installed the demo on a whim. I had read "chess rogue like" and assumed I would get bored after 10 minutes and uninstall the game. The next time I looked up, two hours had passed. I went an purchased the game almost immediately. I'm surprised that this game isn't much more popular. I would recommend it to anyone that has a passing knowledge of chess and enjoys games like Balatro. I can't really describe why it drew me in. It sort of makes playing chess more interesting and fluid. I would definitely give the demo a try if it sparks your interest even a little.

This Is The Most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BELIEVABLY UNFAIR Game I Have Paid For AI: YOU PLAYED THAT MOVE? LET ME PLAY THE BEST MOVE IN ALL OF CHESS IT HAPPENS 50% OF THE TIME AND THE ENEMIES AS YOU PROGRESS IN CAMPAIGN ARE BASICALLY HORDES VS SINGLE UNIT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PROGRESS CAMPAIGN TO UNLOCK UNITS FOR MULTIPLAYER I HAVE SPENT TIME AND IM ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DONE IF I COULD REFUND THIS ♥♥♥♥ I WOULD I WISH I NEVER GOT THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAME YOU ALSO HAVE NOW AY TO GET OTHER FACTIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN UNLESS YOU DO THE CAMPAIGN 3 BOSSES IN AND 15% OF ALL FACTIONS AVAILABLE AS THE AI IS IMPOSSIBLE AND THEY HAVE 15 DIFFERENT UNITS AS YOU ONLY HAVE THE STARTING ONES YOU HAVE TO GRIND L O S I N G OVER AND OVER TO GAIN XP I HAVE TO GRIND BY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LLLOOOSSSIIINNNGGG TO GAIN ADVANTAGES AND LVL 5 ISNT ENOUGH WHEN THE GRINDING TAKES 5-8 GAMES AND EACH GAME TAKES 10 MINUTES AND GETS LONGER EACH TIME YOU COMPLETE A STAGE OF THE CAMPIGN

체스에 카드 게임과 로그라이크를 결합한 독특한 게임입니다. 플레이어는 매 턴마다 덱에서 랜덤하게 나오는 3장 중 1 장의 카드(체스 기물)를 드로우하며, 매 턴마다 유닛을 배치할 수 있는 재화를 얻습니다. 카드를 뽑지 않아도 되는데, 안 뽑는 경우 다음 턴에 쓰지 않은 재화가 합산되어 비싸지만 강력한 퀸과 같은 고급 병종을 뽑을 수도 있습니다. 드로우한 유닛은 무조건 킹 근처에만 배치할 수 있습니다. 배치하자마자 움직일 수 있는 기물은 아직까진 없는 것 같고, 게임의 목표는 일반 체스처럼 상대방 킹을 잡는 것입니다. 단 일종의 턴 제한이 있는데, 배틀그라운드처럼 일정 턴이 지나면 곧 무너질 선이 빨간색으로 표시되면서 게임판이 외곽부터 시작해 점점 안쪽으로 무너져 내립니다. 게임이 루즈해지는 것을 방지하기 위함인데, 이를 전략적으로 활용해 상대방 킹 혹은 고급 병종을 구석으로 몰아넣어 없앨수도 있습니다. 팩션은 총 4개가 있는데, 원래의 체스 기물을 바탕으로 한 킹덤 팩션으로 시작해 점수를 얻어 레벨을 올리면 다른 팩션도 해금됩니다. 팩션은 고유 기물이 있어서 기존 체스보다 전략적으로 활용하는 재미가 있습니다. 가령 가장 먼저 해금되는 '쇼군' 팩션의 폰은 대각선만 공격 가능한 일반 폰과 달리 앞으로 전진하며 공격이 가능합니다. 또, 장기의 포와 비슷하지만 기물을 보내지 않고도 특정 조건 하에 원거리 공격이 가능한 '제국' 팩션도 있는 등 밸런스를 떠나 신선한 느낌을 주는 말들이 많이 있습니다. 이런 특성들 덕분에 아직 2시간밖에 해보지 않았는데도 상당히 재밌습니다. 아직 영어만 지원하는데, 체스 룰 기반에다 마우스 오른쪽을 누르면 해당 기물을 어떻게 쓰는지 다 알려주기 때문에 언어 압박은 크게 없는 편입니다. (그래도 언젠가 한국어 지원해줬으면 좋겠네요.) 캠페인 모드는 다른 로크라이크 게임들처럼 매 판 승리시 보상을 주니 이 점 참조하시기 바랍니다.

This game is really interesting, really creative, and incredibly fun

I'm terrible at chess, but love roguelikes, its really cool to see the roguelike twists we're getting on classic games, kinda like this and balatro. Update at 24 hours: Yep... still fun

its a good game, sadly couldnt find a online match but there discord has people. for the price its a different experience that u should enjoy.

to rush a capture or stall out for a victory tis a choice of many brillant chess roguelite with unique gameplay along with wacky pieces even has shogi pieces too its nice