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Pawn of the Dead

93% positive of 44 Steam reviews

Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Aslan Game Studio.

About the game

Experience a dark twist on classic chess where your captured pieces are infected and rise to join the undead army! Adapt to asymmetrical battlefields, protect the White Kingdom, and lead King Leonard against his greatest, most sinister enemy yet: His own reflection.

Tagged by players

Chess
Gothic
Zombies
Local Multiplayer
Turn-Based Strategy
Dark Fantasy
Board Game
Turn-Based Tactics
Fantasy
Strategy
Tactical
Medieval

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What players say

Recommended
Adding just one rule to chess makes it a completely different game. Enjoyable strategic depth. Price is low for the graphical fidelity, and it's a very stable game especially for an early access title. Looking forward to the campaign mode to see if an interesting story comes out of this.
1.1 h played when written. 13 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Tecrübeli bir satranç oyuncusu olarak oynadım ve oyun beni tatmin etti. Beni en çok etkileyen şey sinematografik olarak kritiğe vurulabilir bir iş ortaya çıkmasıydı. Campaign modu üzerine geliştirmeler yapılırsa daha eğlenceli olabilir. Klasik mod ise açılışlar hariç gayet iyi çalışıyor, fakat yapay zeka taşlarını stratejik olarak geliştirmekte başarısız. Klasik modu da eğlenceli.
1.6 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
So mediocre that it hurts... ... it hurts, because as a Chess game PotD has potential... It's all there: nice graphics and animations, good AI, and the premise forming the base (i.e. black pieces aka zombies converting white pieces into zombies as well instead of capturing them) is awesome and intriguing. But it's all a steaming mess that's just overall painfully mediocre: I personally like the graphics, but I have…
36 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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