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WizardChess

WizardChess

What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!

Released Dec 14, 2024 Developer TwoPM Studios Publisher 2 Left Thumbs Platforms Windows · Mac Pixel GraphicsBoard GameChessFantasyTactical
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

75.5%positive94 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The music is fun and the visual outlook is charming. Writing is silly, but as others have written, nothing in common with chess and very frustrating at times.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“The balance is ♥♥♥♥. The best strategy is always to just make 4-5 megaunits and then you are literally unstoppable. Ridiculous.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“As others have already written, this game has nothing in common with chess. Except that the board is made of squares, and units move vertically, horizontally, and diagonally. Perhaps if hints explaining all the rules were easily accessible (e.g., in bubbles when you hover over a…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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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.

30achievements
1.6%median completion
0.4%rarest: The Zoo
30.4% of players 15.0% of players 13.3% of players 10.3% of players 9.9% of players 9.7% of players 9.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.7% of players 4.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 30.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
30.4%Rookie — You're smarter than a rock!
15.0%Student — You've got your book bag and your pencil, ready to learn!
13.3%Excellent — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%The Zoo — Hidden achievement
0.4%Graduate — Hidden achievement
0.5%An Army of Minions — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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

Jun 07, 2026
WizardChess 1.2.6

Welcome to WizardChess 1.2.6, a minor hotfix. FIXED "Graduate" achievement unobtainable because the Bard lesson never appeared ↳ The Bard lesson is gated behind a "you've won an arcade run" milestone,

May 31, 2026
WizardChess 1.2.5

Welcome to WizardChess 1.2.5, a minor hotfix. FIXED "Quick!" achievement still not syncing to Steam ↳ The achievement worked fine originally, then we renamed it in code a while back ("end turn with lo

May 28, 2026
WW&W + Strategems Events

Witches, Wizards & Warlocks hosted by Weekend Games Strategems Vol. 2 hosted by Goblinz Publishing Find your next hidden gem, jump into exclusive demos, and explore the best the genre has to offer! TH

May 28, 2026
WizardChess 1.2.4

Welcome to WizardChess 1.2.4, a minor hotfix. FIXED Steam achievement sync race on cold start ↳ The "achievements ready to send to Steam" event now fires reliably even when Steam takes a few frames to

May 23, 2026
Hotfix 1.2.3

Build 165 > Welcome to WizardChess 1.2.3, a minor hotfix. Steam achievement sync Achievements unlocked in-game should now be re-sent to Steam when the game starts Stuck lesson completion achievements

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsPixel Graphics · Board Game · Chess · Fantasy · Tactical · Rogue-like · Singleplayer · Early Access · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Turn-Based Tactics · Grid-Based Movement · Deckbuilding (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Official sitehttps://twopm.studio/wizardchess
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 960 Storage: 500 MB available space