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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 on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 8 languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 367 reviews of which 290 were positive and 77 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 11.79€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Passant: A Chess Roguelike into these genres:
Strategy
Chess
Casual
Roguelike
Turn-Based Strategy
Singleplayer
Roguelite
Board Game
Turn-Based Tactics
Logic
Indie
3D
Deckbuilding
Choices Matter
PvE
Tabletop
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Passant: A Chess Roguelike:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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System requirements
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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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Turning chess into a roguelite is a tough premise, because the skill difference in chess players is huge. If your game is 95% chess then grandmaster level players will breeze through your game without having to interact with your roguelike mechanics at all, and at that point they might aswell play chess. If the roguelike mechanics are so powerful that chess noobs can rely on them for support, and playing correct moves is no longer important, then your game becomes just about the metagame and the chess is trivialized, and then why pick chess as the base for your roguelite and not something simpler? At the end of the day Passant suffers from the same issue, but until you've figured out all the mechanics it's actually a great game. You have to play decent chess in the early game, where material is equal, and you have to interact with roguelike mechanics because your opponents will have 70 points of material in the later game. Once you've figured out which items are good then it's just chess again though, so for me it's back to chess.com. All in all 7€ well spent though -- Passant is probably my favourite chess roguelite, on par with Usurper.
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.
This game took me by surprise, it's very approachable to even chess novices which i appreciate as someone that is provably kinda terrible at chess. It does a great job of making the roguelike elements inventive and creative in terms of how they change the basic chess formula; for example there's a badge that gives you a piece called Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which when killed fills both player's first two ranks with pawns because it's starting World War 1. The difficulty is well balanced and the tutorial doesn't over stay its welcome. It has been described as chess balatro. If you don't like chess but do like rogue-like puzzle games, you'll love this.
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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 290 positive votes out of a total of 367 achieving a rating of 7.41.
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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.
Yes, Passant: A Chess Roguelike is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Passant: A Chess Roguelike is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
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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Developer
Marc Makes Games
Publisher
Marc Makes Games
Release
11 Aug 2025
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