Chessarama

About

Chessarama shuffles the deck on chess with a stack of puzzle-strategy games built around familiar pieces but fresh rules. Each title in the collection twists movement, objectives, and themes, queens might chase different prey, pawns could stack instead of capture. Learn basics quickly then tackle campaigns, community-made levels, or time trials. The single-player focus leans into creative problem solving over pure competition, letting you draft puzzles in an accessible editor or brute-force leaderboards. What sticks is the flexibility. With multiple standalone games offering distinct mechanics and art styles, the collection feels less like a rewrite of chess and more like a toolkit for rethinking it. The inclusion of user-generated content ensures replayability, while leaderboards keep high-skill challenges alive. Though it lacks multiplayer, the depth of customization and variety in playstyles has earned it a solid 82% on Steam, appealing to both casual puzzlers and tactical traditionalists.

Storyline

The ancient game of Chess… reimagined. Over and over again. Chessarama is a collection of original chess-inspired turn-based games. Choose a game, quickly learn its rules and play through the campaigns, community levels or build your own puzzles. Chessarama features several full games, each one of them with its own set of rules, art, pieces and game mechanics. Each game will feature a Creative Mode that will allow you to create your own puzzles and challenge other players to beat it.