The legendary 1983 strategy-action game, remastered. Move your pieces like chess, then fight for every square in real-time arena combat. Now on Windows and Mac, in 6 languages, with a smarter CPU, 61 achievements and online play with friends through Remote Play Together.

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as ignored

Buy Archon Classic

SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends November 19

25% off. $9.99 normally, discounted to $7.49
 

About This Game

Inspired by chess, but adding combat that YOU control, Archon was the original Battle Chess. You must try to outmaneuver your opponent using teams of fantasy creatures or monsters in this epic struggle of Light and Dark. On the chess board, when you challenge a piece, you are teleported into a Combat Arena where you fight in REAL-TIME until only the victor emerges to claim the square on the chess board. Conquer your opponent by defeating all of their pieces on the chess board or claim all the Power Squares for a quick victory! You can play Free-For-All mode, where it's everyone for themselves, or play using teams and gang up on your opponents pieces in battle (2 vs. 1.)

Archon:Classic can be played using USB controllers (the best way) or with keyboard and mouse. First developed in 1983, Archon quickly became a hit and instant classic because of it's unique combination of action and strategic gameplay. We've recreated it to play just like the original, but we've added enhancements for today's gamer. So grab some friends and experience the classic game that started the Action/Strategy genre.

Key features:

  • Up to 4 Player support...pure mayhem in battle!

  • Play in "Free-for-All" or "Teams" mode

  • USB controller support

  • Optimized to run even on on netbooks

  • 3 Different Boards (Modes) to play

  • 4 AI settings with 3 different personalities

  • Various spells to use

  • 18 pieces per team, plus others you can summon

  • Pieces gain experience and level up

  • Primary and Secondary abilities

  • Choose modern or classic icons

  • Fully Featured 1 Player Campaign called, "Conquest"

  • Conquest features 4 campaigns (over 60 quests)

  • Over 16 hours gameplay on Conquest alone!

  • Tracking and Statistics per game (fully featured)

  • Achievements and Leaderboards

  • Team up with a friend on the same PC.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

This remaster is built on the original hand-made designs, with some front-end artwork enhanced from our original art using AI tools, then hand-painted and finished by our art team. Some marketing images and videos were produced with AI tools from our own designs and sketches. Translations were completed by professional native-speaker translators, with AI used for an initial draft. No content is generated by AI during gameplay.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit or later
    • Processor: x64 dual-core, SSE2
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • OS: macOS 12 Monterey or later
    • Processor: Apple Silicon or Intel (64-bit)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Storage: 500 MB available space