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Wulin Chess
Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This is a challenging game with a lot of potential, albeit with some rough edges. Positives: - An original and well-implemented take on the rogue-like genre - Great artstyle and music - Several layers of gameplay depth, ensuring replayability - Even on "Mild" difficulty…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“I love this game! The art direction is gorgeous, the mechanics are fun, the story ... I usually skip stories in games, but I have been reading every line in this game, though that may be in part due to my love of sketchy translations. I do think new units are a bit costly, but…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The first five chapters were quite fun, with difficulty strategies available. Since the beginning of Chapter 5, the numbers have collapsed. In the latest Chapter 6, there are not many veteran players in the official group of mortal difficulty who can defeat them. The enemy's…”
— a player, Steam review · 202 hrs playedLatest official news
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WulinChess is participating in the Steam Spring Sale!
Spring is coming, this year is the big year of the game, in anticipation of the masterpiece out at the same time, but also ushered in the New Year's first sale holiday, "Wulin Chess" in this year has
Wulin Chess is now available in an official version！
Hello all chess players， After a long wait, we are back with the official version of "Wulin Chess", which was considered to have "run away" for a long time! We want to thank all of our players for you
"Wulin Chess" 1.0 Official Version Update Announcement
Hello, friends! This is a belated update announcement. We know that "Wulin Chess" has not been updated for a long time. Since its launch on EA in 2021, despite some hiccups along the way, we have pers
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy RPG · Dark · Fantasy · Singleplayer · 2D · Turn-Based Combat · RPG · Rogue-like · Replay Value · Strategy · Difficult · Rogue-lite (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese, English |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: i5-3570 3.4 GHz 4 Core Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2048 MB available space