Rooks Keep
Release date: Dec 5, 2014
Developers: RuneStorm
Publishers: RuneStorm
Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Partial Controller Support, Includes level editor, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

Deathmatch. AI & Multiplayer. Chess. Decapitation. Descend into a brutal tournament where factions of sinister knights and grotesque beasts battle for domination in bloody arena matches and furious melee brawls. Crush opponents with hammers and shields, rend flesh with razor sharp claws and slice off heads with swords and axes. In Rooks Keep, players will maim their competitors in both a selection of deathmatch-arena game-modes such as 'Deathmatch', 'Team-Deathmatch', 'Conversion', 'Chess', 'Last-Man-Standing' and 'Combat Chess'. Play solo, jump into multiplayer matches, or add AI opponents to squash under-foot in both single and multiplayer. We even support 3rd party Chess engines. The game is set in a uniquely styled fantasy world, where factions battle ceaselessly for your entertainment. Key Features Arena gameplay Players will enter into a variety of game-modes, such as Deathmatch, Last-Man-Standing and Conversion(kill enemies to convert them to your team), and battle across a variety of maps with many available options and mutators. Melee combat The focus of Rooks Keep is on the fantasy melee combat system, featuring quick and heavy attacks, parrying, blocking, dodging and special abilities and skills. Chess Players can play in both Classic Chess and the unusual Combat Chess mode, where players have the opportunity to fight to retain their place on the board if attacked. AI/LAN/Online Rooks Keep presents players with single-player solely against AI bots, LAN and online. Also supported are 3rd party Chess engines. Even hot-seat Chess is available. Unreal & mod support Built on the Unreal® Development Kit™, Rooks Keep offers extensive mod support. Players will be able to use the included UnrealEd tool to build their own maps and mods. 


Notes: Game is a violent medieval fighting game with minimal realism in its violence and gore, but includes frequent scenes of excessive(albeit simplistic) gore and violence; Exploding bodies, beheading, dismemberment, blood sprays, blood pools, cutting, stabbing, etc. Features occasional crude language and cursing, and occasional reference to death, death threats, threats of violence, and so on.