• Dread Chess ✣
Release date: Sep 7, 2025
Developers: • NullTale
Publishers: • NullTale Scape
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play
Categories: Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements
Supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese

✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game that you can play as a chess sandbox by setting asymmetric rules for the players, or explore it in search of different endings and achievments. Key Features Branching Narrative: Multiple endings based on your successes, failures, and the choices you make. Asymmetric Rules Sandbox: Design unfair advantages or crippling handicaps—then see them in action. Option to use Latin as main Language: ' Mortales ludunt, dii rident' Dark Atmosphere: Gothic pixel art, unsettling soundscapes, and a story that lingers. Self-Playing Chess: Observe autonomous matches that reveal hidden truths and secret paths. Spectator Mode: Sit back and watch the AI duel itself, or share the spectacle online. Narrative Mode Confront the God of Madness as it poses three life-or-death riddles—discover the answers by watching enchanted, self-playing chess matches unfold. Each choice echoes through a richly decorated, gothic pixel-art world, leading you toward one of several hauntingly endings. Sandbox Mode Unleash your creativity in a versatile sandbox environment. Customize asymmetric rule sets and go head-to-head against the AI—or a friend—in a variety of modes: Card Mode: Choose from three thematic options (bad, average, good) for each move. Tarot Cards : Global conditions that change the rules of the game. Dice Mode: Roll the die to determine which chess piece you must move—luck may be on your side, or it may betray you. Classic Mode : Pure, classic chess with direct control. Discover Dread Chess and decide for yourself: can you outwit the God of Madness?