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Checkmate Rush

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App ID 4979920
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Opal Labs
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Last Changenumber 38585474
Last Record Update 3 September 2026 – 22:00:14 UTC ()
Release Date 3 September 2026 – 22:00:14 UTC ()
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In-Game
😌 Casual 💡 Strategy 🤼 2D Fighter 👻 Action Roguelike 🕹 Arcade

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.

Additional Information

Developer Opal Labs
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Opal Labs
Store Release Date 3 September 2026 – 22:00:14 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Casual (4), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Store Asset Modification Time 5 August 2026 – 23:33:56 UTC () (1785972836)
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First seen on SteamDB 16 July 2026 – 22:55:38 UTC (), in changelist #37322098

Supported Languages

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English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

😌 Casual 💡 Strategy 🤼 2D Fighter 👻 Action Roguelike 🕹 Arcade 🎲 Board Game 👻 Roguelite 🖼️ 2D 👾 Pixel Graphics 🗺️ Top-Down 🌫 Atmospheric 🌱 Indie 🎭 Fantasy 🧞 Choices Matter ⚔️ Combat 👤 Singleplayer ♟️ Chess

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Family Sharing Steam is learning

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
4979921 Windows 282.63 MiB 112.23 MiB
4979922 macOS 430.44 MiB 168.83 MiB

Total size on disk is 713.07 MiB and total download size is 281.06 MiB.

Total size on disk is 282.63 MiB and total download size is 112.23 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

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