- Store
- GOG
- Platform
- GOG
- Release date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Developer
- Clover Bite
- Publisher
- indie.io
- Players
- Single player
- Features
- Overlay, Indie, Strategy, Turn-Based, Casual, Dark, Difficult, Roguelike, Medieval, Roguelite, Dungeon Crawler, Perma Death
- Play modes
- Windows
- Availability
- Available now
Once a Pawn a King is a roguelike, turn-based strategy game with party-building mechanics, where chess meets chaos. Venture into the ever-shifting castle of the evil White King on a quest to rescue the beloved Black King, who was recently taken by the tyrant.
The board is shattered. The rules are twisted. And the king is gone.
Once A Pawn A King is an asymmetric turn based roguelike where you gather a party of chess pieces, empower them with magical abilities, and fight through a fractured world built from the ruins of a timeless chess match.
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