Planned Release Date: Q3 2026

About This Game

Gambit - chess base roguelike game about build the ideal piece set. Combine different elements to archive better result!

In 1998, Kasparov’s defeat became a symbol of the end of human dominance in chess. But the story didn’t end there.

You are the last chance. In this chess roguelike, you’ll challenge the strongest AI through a chain of unique matches, where every battle introduces new rules, threats, and opportunities. Collect upgrades, adapt your style, and survive in conditions where classical chess habits break on every move.

Can you prove that a human can still beat the machine?

Endless possibilities

Combine unique chess combinations with unique kings, for get special abilities and effects. Be careful, every 3 round you will fight with endgame boss.

• Ideal chess roguelike.

• Respect basic chess rules.

• 10+ bosses witch represent different chess variants like Atomic, Fog of War, Anti-chess etc.

  
  

  Find winning strategy

  Get more money to buy special kings, boosters, pieces, books. Use them wisely.

• 13+ special kings for change game rules. Every king has unique effect.

• Basic chess pieces with some new and old variants.

• Buff for pieces.

• 10+ etude cards. Every card can modify your pieces or give positive goodies.

10+ books for constant passive effects.

Enter the flow

Sometimes chess can be difficult to play, and it’s at such moments that you can use auto-battle, sit back in your chair and watch the battle. But be careful, if the bot loses, you lose too.

• Autobattles can be enabled.

• Fairy Stockfish AI under hood.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Cartoon Violence