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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Grandmaster's Gambit
iNightGaming LLC · Published by iNightGaming LLC · Official site ↗
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A never-before-seen take on the chess genre. Build massively overpowered decks to fend off endless hordes of chess-like pieces and seek out the 8 Grandmasters in this open-world deckbuilding roguelike experience.
Free
RPG, Strategy · More free games
Embark on a unique RPG-Strategy adventure where your choices shape powerful decks. Navigate an open world filled with challenges, battling hordes of chess-inspired enemies while seeking the legendary 8 Grandmasters.
About this game
- Grandmaster's Gambit is just leaving the prototyping phase -
You start small; 10 movement cards & 10 attack cards, and they're all pawns!
As you venture out in search of each Grandmaster you'll encounter many chess pieces, all trying to put you in 'Check'. Capturing enemies allows you to upgrade your cards, bringing your decks closer and closer to unimaginable power!
Keep an eye out for vendors, for they're there to give you new abilities, power-up your stats, and even merge your cards into powerful uber creations!
- Do you like chess?
- What about deckbuilding?
- Maybe a little bit of survivors?
Prepare yourself to save the Kingdom from the 8 Grandmasters
You start small; 10 movement cards & 10 attack cards, and they're all pawns!
As you venture out in search of each Grandmaster you'll encounter many chess pieces, all trying to put you in 'Check'. Capturing enemies allows you to upgrade your cards, bringing your decks closer and closer to unimaginable power!
Keep an eye out for vendors, for they're there to give you new abilities, power-up your stats, and even merge your cards into powerful uber creations!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7 x64
- Processor: Intel Core i5
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Demo v2
Completely overhauls the game flow!! The open world has a lot of direction, there's an actual boss, and the game has a completely next complexity to the game. Give the demo a try and let me know what you think! The open world now has paths. Choose between movement and attack paths to build your decks the way you want. At the end of the paths is a portal to take you back to the starting area, where you choose to fight the boss or venture back out There's now only one hand, and you only start with movement cards. Discard movement cards to draw attack cards A slew of rewards out in the open world All vendors cost money to use New Queen Maker vendor - Allows you to turn cards into queens Most vendors now have either attack or movement types to them for more precise options Made it so only two levels are open, a forest level and a snow level. The forest level has enemies with double attack, and the snow level has enemies with double health Forest boss has art and a special attack Special enemies spawn in different levels Card art Boss music Sound effects The game is still considered in prototype phase while I play around with core gameplay elements. I think following this update there will either be a v3 prototype, or I will work on polishing things up and have a "finished" game up to two levels. More info coming in the future!Read full article on Community Announcements (inightgamingllc)
