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Gate of Madness · Published by Gate of Madness
Positive — 93% positive (30 reviews) · 34 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack and slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black pieces to receive upgrades and fight against formidable opponents until you find the enemy king.
DJCTQ 6Full Controller Support
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Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy · 2024 · More under £5 games
In Check and Slash, move like a chess piece through intricate mazes, slashing foes and rescuing black pieces for upgrades. Outwit formidable opponents as you seek the enemy king.
About this game
Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack and slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black pieces to receive upgrades and fight against formidable opponents until you find the enemy king.
FEATURES:
- Real-time action, not turn-based.
- Chess rules combined with action game mechanics.
- The map is a procedurally generated maze (random path).
- With each enemy killed, your attack becomes stronger.
- Mixes elements of Chess, Hack and Slash, Roguelite and Soulslike.
- 43 levels of rooms to unlock in the maze with different combinations of enemies in each one.
- 6 unique bosses.
- New skills and upgrades for the main character throughout the game.
- Choose the best Build according to the randomly presented options.
- Steam Achievements.
- Steam Leaderboard (for speedrun).
- Controller and keyboard support.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or higher
- Processor: Yes, you should have one
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: You'll need a Screen
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: If your computer can play sound, you should be good
- Additional Notes: In theory, if your computer can run Windows, it can run this game
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Catalan, Croatian, Hebrew, Hindi, Uzbek
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.1.2 (demo 0.2.2)
Hey everyone!I just released a new update for the game.Main changes:adjusted -> game build in a new Unity Version with a security patch.adjusted -> leaderboard now always show your position.added -> visual and audio feedback added to UI elements.Read full article on Community Announcements (Bruno Gouvea)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.1.1 (demo 0.2.1)
Hey everyone! I just released a new update for the game. Main changes: adjusted -> language selection input adjusted.Read full article on Community Announcements (Bruno Gouvea)Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE 1.1.0 (DEMO 0.2.0)
Hey everyone! I just released a new update for the game. Main changes: adjusted -> boss summoning time reduced from 5 to 3 seconds. changed -> the colors of cards, statues, and rooms in the maze change with each boss defeated. added -> room numbers/order are now displayed to aid navigation through the maze. changed -> the colors of the squares no longer change to indicate the range of enemy pieces. changed -> when dying, instead of returning to the first room, the player now respawns in the room where the previous boss was defeated. adjusted -> the attack delay of white pieces has been increased, making it more noticeable where an attack will come from and giving the player more time to dodge. added -> new tutorial messages have been added. added -> full health recovery is now guaranteed before starting a new boss fight. adjusted -> enemies and bosses rebalancing. changed -> "options menu" added to centralize settings like language, music and SFX. adjusted -> minor UI adjustments. added -> now both the demo and full version have LINUX and STEAMDECK support.Read full article on Community Announcements (Bruno Gouvea)Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE 1.0.5
Hey everyone! I just released a new update for the game. Main changes: adjusted -> gamepad input adjustments for UI.Read full article on Community Announcements (Bruno Gouvea)Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE 1.0.4
Hey everyone! I just released a new update for the game. Main changes: adjusted -> music transition times adjusted. added -> boss mark added to the map.Read full article on Community Announcements (Bruno Gouvea)
