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Chess Knights: Shinobi

Chess Knights: Shinobi

Released: 5/18/2021

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Featuring: - All pieces move like in a chess game. You play as a Shinobi Knight who needs to move stealthy through a game board full of Samurai enemies; - 50 hand-crafted levels with increasing complexity (+ 10 secret "surreal" levels. Can you find them?). -Play in beautiful environments of ancient Japan in the Edo era; - Originally composed soundtracks; - A chess game without any chess. This is an original game concept for chess lovers and newcomers alike (you do not need to know any chess to play it).

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Featuring: - All pieces move like in a chess game. You play as a Shinobi Knight who needs to move stealthy through a game board full of Samurai enemies; - 50 hand-crafted levels with increasing complexity (+ 10 secret "surreal" levels. Can you find them?). -Play in beautiful environments of ancient Japan in the Edo era; - Originally composed soundtracks; - A chess game without any chess. This is an original game concept for chess lovers and newcomers alike (you do not need to know any chess to play it).

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Featuring: - All pieces move like in a chess game. You play as a Shinobi Knight who needs to move stealthy through a game board full of Samurai enemies; - 50 hand-crafted levels with increasing complexity (+ 10 secret "surreal" levels. Can you find them?). -Play in beautiful environments of ancient Japan in the Edo era; - Originally composed soundtracks; - A chess game without any chess. This is an original game concept for chess lovers and newcomers alike (you do not need to know any chess to play it).

Critics
65
Steam
83

Score Breakdown

65.0

Critic Average

2 reviews

83

Steam User Score

70 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-17.9
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-17.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 launch window (50%)1 late (50%)