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Passant: A Chess Roguelike

Passant: A Chess Roguelike

Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.

Released Aug 11, 2025 Developer Marc Makes Games Platforms Windows StrategyChessCasualRoguelikeTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

79.4%positive373 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Turning chess into a roguelite is a tough premise, because the skill difference in chess players is huge. If your game is 95% chess then grandmaster level players will breeze through your game without having to interact with your roguelike mechanics at all, and at that point…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“It's chess roguelike, what more do you need. It's chess roguelike. Its chess balatro. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED???”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Generally interesting premise, but the execution needs a lot of work. I really do think it is a good idea, but in its current state it's probably of interest only to real chess aficionados because you often wind up in a situation where the game is just What If Chess, But You…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

368all-time peak
0 100 200 2026 129 avg · Aug 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

47achievements
1.8%median completion
0.3%rarest: Challenge 9, nine times
27.7% of players 23.3% of players 12.2% of players 12.1% of players 11.1% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 8.5% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.1% of players 5.3% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 27.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
27.7%The Courtesan — Win with Setup 1
23.3%Quack — Win with Setup 3
12.2%The Duke — Win with Setup 5
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Challenge 9, nine times — Win with 9 different setups on challenge level 9 or above
0.3%Challenge 6, nine times — Win with 9 different setups on challenge level 6 or above
0.3%Challenge 3, nine times — Win with 9 different setups on challenge level 3 or above

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$11.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$11.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US11.99 USD
EU11.79 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia17.75 AUD
Canada15.49 CAD
Japan1,400 JPY
Brazil38.49 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$13

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 12, 2026
Patch 1.1.3

Quick hotfix for a couple of issues with patch 1.1 Controllers can now correctly navigate between curses Controllers now correctly show the selected item when transitioning to the skip round rewards s

Mar 11, 2026
Patch 1.1

Hi All, Patch 1.1 is here! This content update adds 7 new badges, 2 new challenge modes and adds cursed bosses to endless mode. cursed bosses in endless mode 2 new challenge modes active challenges no

Jan 26, 2026
Upcoming Patch

Hi all! Apologies for the radio silence on Steam. I've still been intermitently active over on discord, but for the most part real life stuff has taken up most of my time. I've been fighting wrist iss

Sep 25, 2025
Patch v1.19

Apologies for the long gap between patches - It's mostly bug fixes and laying the groundwork for future patches. Made the game work for 4:3 resolutions If the player gets stalemated, but they have coi

Aug 30, 2025
Hotfix for menu Issue

Pushed a quick hotfix for a menu bug - Where if you encountered an error starting a game you couldn't then load an existing or start a new game.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Chess · Casual · Roguelike · Turn-Based Strategy · Singleplayer · Roguelite · Board Game · Turn-Based Tactics · Logic · Indie · 3D (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil
ControllerFull support
Achievements47
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: i3 8100 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GT1030 Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: N/A VR Support: Not Supported