Once a Pawn a King
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.
Last Updated: 4/3/2026
| Steam Price | $11.99 |
| Release Date | 8/18/2025 |
| Developer | Clover Bite |
| Publishers | |
| Steam App Id | 3298910 |
Once a Pawn a King
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.
Last Updated: 4/3/2026
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- Linux
About Once a Pawn a King
Once a Pawn a King is an Indie, Strategy, and Early Access game developed by Clover Bite. On 8/18/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by indie.io, and Clover Bite.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, Once a Pawn a King supports the following features:
- Keyboard Only Option
- Family Sharing
- Single-player
- Mouse Only Option
- Custom Volume Controls
- Subtitle Options
From the Steam community, Once a Pawn a King has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Roguelike
- Chess
- Difficult
- Procedural Generation
- Dungeon Crawler
- Dark
- Roguelite
- Medieval
- Stylized
- Turn-Based
- Grid-Based Movement
- Hand-drawn
- Replay Value
- Perma Death
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Party-Based RPG
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Indie
- Casual
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Bundles
Once a Pawn a King is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store. Purchasing through a bundle can give a large discount off the game's base price if you are willing to purchase multiple apps all at once.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bundle of the Kings | 2 | 2 | $12.94 | View |
 | The Royal Discount | 2 | 2 | $22.48 | View |
Related Packages
Once a Pawn a King is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store. A package (or sub) is simply an item that can be purchased on Steam.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Once a Pawn a King | $9.59 | View |
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