About This Game

Real chess. Rule-breaking spells.

Capture a piece. Draw a card. Give your opponent a new problem.

Rookspell puts a hand of spells into a familiar game of chess. Read the board, plan your move, and hold the right card for the right moment.

Make the board misbehave.

Ignite an entire file with Firewall. Swap adjacent allies with Sidestep. Bring a fallen piece back with Resurrection. Cast a spell before your chess move and turn a new possibility into a better position.

Discover 66 built-in spells across five rarities. Earn gold in matches to permanently unlock ten of those spells for your reward pool.

Pick your opponent.

Solo: Take on adjustable AI.
Local: Face a friend in competitive hot-seat.
Online: Challenge opponents through Steam lobbies and invitations.

Choose Standard for capture-and-cast play, try Arcane or Chaos for different spell rarity rules, or settle things with Classic Chess and no spells.

Make the table your own.

Shape offline matches with an optional shared Spellbook. Create and share custom cards and cosmetic player, piece, and board skins through Steam Workshop. Custom Workshop cards and shared Spellbooks are for offline play.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some generative ai was used for general bug fixes

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Rookspell depicts fighting and has themes of weapons, including their usage against players