Released Jun 25, 2026 $11.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Once a Pawn a King

By Clover Bite · published by indie.io

Roguelike Chess Turn-Based Strategy Strategy Casual Turn-Based Dungeon Crawler Replay Value Perma DeathGrid-Based MovementTurn-Based TacticsHand-drawn

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Once a Pawn a King is a game tagged Roguelike, Chess and Turn-Based Strategy by Clover Bite, released Jun 25, 2026. It has 55 Steam reviews (Mixed). The Steam games most like it include Just Chessing Around, Gambeat and Chess of Doom.

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.

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Just Chessing Around 72% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Gambeat 70% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Chess of Doom 69% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Gambition 69% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Regicide 68% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Peace by Piece 68% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Kingster 67% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG 67% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
ChessDeck 66% match · Roguelike, Chess, Turn-Based Strategy
2048 - Dungeons 66% match · Roguelike, Strategy, Casual

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Everything Steam lists for Once a Pawn a King · record updated 10 hours ago

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Overview

App ID3298910

Release dateJun 25, 2026

Last change number39958672

Last record update10 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Clover Bite
Publisher: indie.io
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Franchise: indie.io
Technologies: Unity detected

Windows 64-bit

Single-playerFamily Sharing

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Price · US$11.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$11.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked12 hours agoin 41 regions

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Build	Branch	Updated
23384608	public	Jun 25, 2026

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ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3298911	—	All	4.12 GB	787.4 MB	8261033009079154259

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	23384608	Jun 25, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Once a Pawn a King

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Once a Pawn a King.exe		All

Space per player976.6 KB

Filesup to 20

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	CloverBite - Team PerreNormal/Once a Pawn a King	*	All

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