The Rookery
An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!
ChessRogue-liteTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyStrategyTacticalSingleplayerRogue-likePuzzleBoard Game
◆ 80
overlooked score
Quality (Bayesian, genre prior)91
Hiddenness94
Deserve gap vs peers×1.3
Standing within genre68th
Raw approval95%
Review authenticity (audited)100
🌱 Solo grassroots
🪙 Buried treasure
✅ Organic reviews
97positive
5negative
~4kest. players · Undiscovered
3playing now
$9.99price
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