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Chess of Blades
At a huge celebration in a secluded fantasy castle, the young nobleman Rivian is faced with murder, mystery, and romance in a whirlwind tale of dangerous intrigue.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“this as a fun game. i bought it on sale with a bunch of other vns then downloaded the 18* patch and phew it was fanastic.”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Chess of Blades is a narrative-focused visual novel that combines Boys’ Love romance, murder mystery, fantasy, and aristocratic intrigue into an experience built primarily around characters and branching storytelling. Developed and published by Argent Games, it follows a…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Casual · Tabletop · LGBTQ+ · Visual Novel · Sexual Content · Romance (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Official site | https://argent-games.itch.io/chess-of-blades |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP System Pack 1 Processor: 1GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card Storage: 1 GB available space