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!

The age of classical chess is over. In Gambit, you challenge the machine through a roguelike series of battles where every match twists the rules and every run demands a new strategy. Assemble your ideal army, unlock powerful kings, collect books and upgrades, and survive deadly variants that can transform the board into a trap. Sometimes you will guide every move yourself. Sometimes the outcome will depend on how well you prepared before the battle began. This is not just a test of chess skill, but a fight to adapt, endure, and prove that human ingenuity still has a place on the board.

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.

Challenge rule-breaking chess bosses witch represent different chess variants like Atomic, Fog of War, Anti-chess etc.

Find winning strategy

Face a chain of brutal chess battles where every run changes the rules. Build your army with unusual kings, upgrades, and books, then adapt to dangerous boss variants that force you to rethink how chess should be played.

• 15+ 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 are available for players who want to step back and let their preparation speak for itself. Every opponent is powered by a strong chess engine Fairy Stockfish, keeping each battle sharp, dangerous, and unpredictable.
    

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Cartoon Violence