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Nuhmworks · Published by Nuhmworks
2 user reviews — 100% positive (2 reviews) · 9 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Survive a hostile chessboard where you are the only white piece. Escape enemy waves, get power ups, clear story campaign and chase high scores in endless mode. Make your final legal move.
£2.65
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Price history
Indie, Strategy · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Final Legal Move is a survival tactics game built on chess movement with a twist.
You control a single white piece while black pieces keep closing in.
Play through a series of escalating story scenarios.
One stage may give you extra moves, another may flood the board with fresh enemies, and another may change your piece form every turn!
Test yourself in Survive mode.
Last as long as possible while enemy waves scale up, hazard tiles appear, timers tighten, and fairy pieces enter the pool.
Earn coins, unlock new forms, and choose upgrades that reshape each run~
Share the headache with others in Co-Op
Or be the one making the rules in Nemesis mode
Features
Story stages
Endless mode
Co-Op mode
Nemesis mode
Classical and fairy chess pieces including Camel, Archbishop, Chancellor, and Amazon
Special board tiles such as double moves, walls, wards, and moving crosses
In-game encyclopedia for pieces, items, and endless upgrades
Map editor for making your own stage
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz 64-bit CPU
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible GPU or equivalent integrated graphics
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz 64-bit CPU
- Memory: 2 MB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible dedicated GPU or strong integrated graphics
- Storage: 1 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
1.0 - Release
Hello,So our pseudo 'early access' is over, so we are happy to deliver missing featuresSteam multiplayerTake the board online with two new multiplayer modes:Co-Survive: team up with another player and try to outlast the escalating enemy waves together.Nemesis: One player is the Runner, fighting to survive; the other is the Nemesis, spending Threat to place pieces, buy permanent Trials, and close the trap.Create or join Steam lobbies with a code, assign roles, configure the match, and start directly from the lobby.General improvementsBug fixesNew animationsNew upgradesSteam Cloud saves, including a choice when local and Cloud progress differSteam Workshop publishing for custom mapsSteam achievements and progress trackingMore reliable save backupsRead full article on Community Announcements (Pixako)AnnouncementsOfficial
Dev Preview 1.0
Hello !We have been working on an update which features multiplayer, here's some previews.We don't know when it will be ready, please bear with us.MultiplayerWe have come to you with two modes, Co-Op and Nemesis. Co-Op is exactly like survive, however you and your peer takes turn controlling the piece... That's it... no twists.Nemesis however, One player take role of Runner and try to surviveAnother take role of NemesisNemesis spawn pieces on the board, they wins if the Runner gets capturedThere are more to this mode and we can't wait to show you on release!Misc:UI OverhaulBug fixesIncreased enemy decision making competencyRead full article on Community Announcements (Pixako)AnnouncementsOfficial
Initial Release
Release v0.9!Current iteration of the game offers exactly what are listed on the store page. however things like sandbox can be underdeveloped but this gives us valuable insights in how to release things on this platform...If you have bought this game for whatever reason, thank you, The goal is to get $100 deposit back from steam submission fee.We hope to continue working on the game until we are satisfied with the result, planned path ahead is to:Complete multiplayer (Tentatively call adversarial chess, which is quite a bad name considering chess is always adversarial)Updates to SurviveUpdates to SandboxFix whatever issues we didn't notice during production or failed to regression test them.Replace the assetsWhy not early access?Since we Will continue to work on this regardless of traction, it might make you question why we didn't put it in early access in the first place..The answer to that is quite simple, we 'tried', after two revisions to get approved (which should be child's play for any other people) so we decided to give up and implement all proposed feature and release it as is.Encounter issues?Please reach out to support@nuhmworks.com and we will fix it ASAP.While we do have Twitter account @Nuhmworks, we hadn't post anything, email is more likely to be seen.Read full article on Community Announcements (Pixako)
