Chess is the arena. You are one pawn against the swarm. Capture to rank up pawn to queen, draft perks, bank power-ups, and survive an ever-faster clock — then checkmate the King at the Nightmare Gate to enter the endless Nightmare. A turn-based arcade roguelite of pure chess.
Sound effects are procedurally synthesized from hand-authored code and an AI music generator.
WritingPartial
AI tools helped draft and edit some in-game text, human-directed, reviewed and curated.
MarketingPartial
AI tools helped draft and edit some store text.
CodeAssist
AI tools were used as a programming assistant.
Not used, per the developer
In-game AIArt
Not mentioned
VoiceTranslation
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All pixel artwork is hand-made by a human artist (Dani Maccari, licensed and credited). Sound effects are procedurally synthesized from hand-authored code and Suno AI. AI tools were used during development as a programming assistant and to help draft and edit some in-game and store text, all of which was human-directed, reviewed, and curated. No generative AI runs at runtime, and no AI-generated imagery ships with the game.
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Players · earnings · audience
Growth
Playing now024h peak 0Steam · hourly
Earnings—Too few reviews to estimate fromList price $4.99
Steam followers1Tracking since Sep 23, 2026Steam · public
Steam reviews—No reviews yetSteam · public
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Players online
Last 7 days, hourly · now 0 · 24h peak 0
Steam followers
1 now · Daily snapshot of public Steam data
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Checkmate Rush
