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Passant: A Chess Roguelike on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
Passant: A Chess Roguelike is a strategy, chess and casual game
developed and published by Marc Makes Games.
Released on August 11th 2025 is available only on Windows
in 8 languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 369 reviews of which 295 were positive and 74 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i3 8100
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GT1030
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Sound Card: N/A
- VR Support: Not Supported
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I think it could definitely be better. Some items are just very strong, to the point where you can have zero chess understanding and stomp your way through. I think there is potential for something great to be executed here, but honestly the systems are not deep enough and the balancing is quite far from polished. If you like chess, I would still recommend; for $12 this game delivers.
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Rather watch grass grow.... IN WINTER ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad(Gave me pix-elated Vietnam flash backs) ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Almost there ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Some grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Load In Time }--- ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☑ 10
This was actually way more fun than I expected it to be, though I wasn't a fan of the "atomic chess" mode where the strategy pretty much just seems to be beeline straight for the king with your crazy explosive pieces and the game is over in the first 3 turns pretty much every time. I'm not very good at chess but I'm pretty good at roguelites so I found this game fun and interesting, but was occasionally annoyed that the computer was better at the chess strategy than me, and mostly just aimed to build my board to be strong to make up for not wanting to think 3 moves ahead in the chess.
I think this game was made for me. I seem to do pretty well (given the % of players with achievements), but it frustrates me to no end. I think knowing how to play chess at a reasonable level is important (table stakes), but the addition of the new pieces and their modifiers definitely makes it impossible to just rely on chess skill. I can't stand "man" (when Black has them), I don't know how to use vampires or buffalo effectively, and I HATE the slippery/banana variant. But it is very satisfying to demote multiple pieces to pawns and make 2 queens of my own in the final boss battle. PS - the duck scenario is the easiest one of all. Being able to block AND get another move in, that's unstoppable. Not sure I'll rack up as many hours with this as Balatro, but I will try.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Passant: A Chess Roguelike is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Passant: A Chess Roguelike received 295 positive votes out of a total of 369 achieving a rating of 7.49.
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Passant: A Chess Roguelike was developed and published by Marc Makes Games.
Yes, Passant: A Chess Roguelike is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike is not playable on MacOS.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike is not playable on Linux.
This information about Passant: A Chess Roguelike is not available yet.
This information about Passant: A Chess Roguelike is not available yet.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike does not support VR.
Passant: A Chess Roguelike is a single-player game.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Passant: A Chess Roguelike does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Passant: A Chess Roguelike 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 Passant: A Chess Roguelike.
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Last Updates| Steam data | 26 August 2026 14:24 UTC |
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| Steam price | 11 September 2026 18:55 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 11 September 2026 13:45 UTC |
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Developer
Marc Makes Games
Publisher
Marc Makes Games
Release
11 Aug 2025
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