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Is Passant: A Chess Roguelike worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Chess fans who want matches with altered rules and unusual pieces
- Strategy players who prefer successive encounters that grow harder
- Players who want adjustable AI difficulty, excluding those seeking only one fixed challenge level
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking conventional chess rules throughout a run may find the rule changes disrupt that format.
- Those looking for a fixed set of opponents may not enjoy the escalating match sequence toward a final boss.
- Players seeking a multiplayer-focused chess game may find the stated focus on AI difficulty and challenge modes a mismatch.
Our take on Passant: A Chess Roguelike
The defining structure is a run of increasingly difficult chess matches, with collected pieces, items, and badges changing the rules before a final-boss encounter.
What is Passant: A Chess Roguelike?
Passant combines chess with roguelike progression.
Play through matches that increase in difficulty, earning pieces with their own movement rules, items that alter play, and badges that can change the rules. Variations include Atomic Chess, Reflecting Bishops, and Zombie Pawns. Items can freeze a piece, reduce one to a pawn, or promote one of the player's pieces to a queen. The run continues through successive matches toward a final boss. The game also includes challenge modes and AI opponents at different difficulty levels, ranging from beginner to grandmaster. Its central structure is a series of chess encounters where the board and rules can change as new pieces and modifiers are collected.
How Passant: A Chess Roguelike plays
- 01Rule-changing modifiers
- Badges can alter chess rules, while variants include Atomic Chess, Reflecting Bishops, and Zombie Pawns.
- 02Usable match items
- Items can freeze a piece, turn one into a pawn, or promote one of the player's pieces to a queen.
- 03Increasing match difficulty
- Matches grow harder as play advances toward a final boss.
- 04Challenge modes
- Separate challenge modes accompany AI opponents with multiple difficulty levels.
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Passant: A Chess Roguelike: platforms & release
Is Passant: A Chess Roguelike worth it?
It is worth it if: chess fans who want matches with altered rules and unusual pieces. Skip it if: players seeking conventional chess rules throughout a run may find the rule changes disrupt that format.
Where can I download Passant: A Chess Roguelike?
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What platforms is Passant: A Chess Roguelike on?
Windows only.
