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Gambonanza is a tactical roguelike that sets chess pieces on a tiny board. Forget traditional chess and embrace the chaos of breaking the balance! Spend your money on rule-bending upgrades, board tiles and pieces. Experiment with illegal combinations and face off against iconic bosses!

Gambonanza is a roguelike deckbuilder, chess and turn-based strategy game developed by Blukulélé and published by Stray Fawn Publishing and Sidekick Publishing.
Released on May 01st 2026 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 1,366 reviews of which 1,040 were positive and 326 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Gambonanza into these genres:

Roguelike Deckbuilder Chess Turn-Based Strategy Replay Value Arcade Singleplayer Board Game Strategy Pixel Graphics Roguelike Deckbuilding Roguelite Difficult 2D Casual Tactical Turn-Based Retro Choices Matter Simulation

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Microsoft® Windows® 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400); AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024 VRAM); Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM)
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 450 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.11 (El Capitan)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz 64 bits Processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL compatible graphics card with at least 512MB of video memory
  • Storage: 450 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Run on both Apple M1 and Intel Core M
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and CentOS 7
  • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
  • Memory: 2 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated graphics should be enough
  • Storage: 450 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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2 hours played
May 2026
Fun game, but don't buy it here. You can get it on the app store/play store for $6 and it comes with a copy for PC.
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13 hours played
May 2026
Yes, but not at full price. This *really* wants to be a Balatro-like but for chess, but the ingredients don't work. Chess is not poker. It is not, in any way, a game of chance. Every move on the board is strategic, and even a pawn's placement can decide the outcome of a game. Poker, in contrast, is largely chance, with room for skilled play in certain areas. Balatro was able to make poker compelling by adding in new variables which broaden the potential for skilled play. Discards, jokers, upgrading cards and stacking the deck - all of these allow a player to manipulate the odds in their favour, allowing for strategy to occur. Once you understand the options available, that opens up a huge range of potential approaches. In contrast, Gambonanza's introduction of random elements takes strategy *out* of chess. It does so in a number of ways - randomising pieces, adding in gambits and tiles, perma-loss for each piece on the board. Where these elements do create new strategic ways to approach the game, they do so largely by chance (if a viable combination comes up in the shop) and combine to feel more like a brute force thing than strategic brilliance. Where they don't come together, which is quite frequent, the only way to win some rounds is by waiting for the AI to mess up and leave a piece hanging. This doesn't always happen and sometimes you simply can't win. There is still fun to be had here, but this is a game with much less depth than the one it is adapting. I would expect to maybe get 15-20 hours out of it, unless there are later game ways of stacking all strategies that I haven't come across. What is good here is how sleek it is, how silly it can be and the way absurd combinations *can* come together to give you a power trip. The devs have clearly put a lot of work into it, that shows. The problem was at concept.
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3 hours played
May 2026
Gambonanza is a very good game. Here's what Gambonanza is, in ranked order: (1) a synergy builder (2) chaotic (3) a chess game/puzzle If you get mad because it's not chess, you're forgetting that it's a chaotic synergy builder! If you get mad about the chaos, you're forgetting that it's a synergy builder! If you're mad because it's a synergy builder, well, you didn't check the reviews before you bought this but great news Steam is good about refunds. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some synergies to build. Also a message to the developer: I will insta-buy DLC and already look forward to new board and piece designs.
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4 hours played
May 2026
Bashing this game for not being Stockfish is like bashing Balatro for allowing five Aces...
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6 hours played
May 2026
I hate to say this, but "Chess Balatro". That's not an insult... this is a really fun game. Nicely presented and with a good interface.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Gambonanza is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

No, Gambonanza is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Gambonanza received 1,040 positive votes out of a total of 1,366 achieving a rating of 7.32.
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Gambonanza was developed by Blukulélé and published by Stray Fawn Publishing and Sidekick Publishing.

Yes, Gambonanza is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, Gambonanza is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, Gambonanza is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Gambonanza is a single-player game.

No, Gambonanza does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Gambonanza does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Gambonanza does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Gambonanza is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Gambonanza.

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Gambonanza
14.99€ Buy Now
Rating
7.3
1,040
326
Game modes
Features
Online players
92
Developer
Blukulélé
Publisher
Stray Fawn Publishing, Sidekick Publishing
Release 01 May 2026
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