Game Detail
Once a Pawn a King
App ID 3298910 | Recorded February 4, 2026 at 08:22 PM
Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Categories: Single-player, Family Sharing
Release date: August 18, 2025
Developer/Publisher: Clover Bite / Clover Bite
Positive 96% · 26 reviews
Short description
Official Steam summary
Once a Pawn a King is a roguelike, turn-based strategy game with party-building mechanics, where chess meets chaos. Venture into the ever-shifting castle of the evil White King on a quest to rescue the beloved Black King, who was recently taken by the tyrant.
Current price
$11.99
All-time low
$9.59
12-month low
$9.59
Verdict
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+25% above the all-time low.
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The game still needs some polishing (A lot of cutscene is just an outline with no color), but it’s already very promising. My main suggestion is to ma...
1 helpful
I think its important for people to understand that more then this game is a chess rogue-like, its a chess **themed** rogue-like. and thats a critical...