Rookspire: Chess Roguelike RPG

A chess roguelike where your pieces level up and learn new moves.

Rookspire is a turn-based strategy RPG built on chess. Lead a small army up a ruined spire, one short tactical fight at a time: capture the enemy king or wipe out its army on a 3D board, then choose your path on the map. Every run is a new campaign, and the pieces you lose stay lost.

No ads, no subscription, no account, and it plays offline.

Made for fans of chess puzzles, roguelites, tactics games and strategy board games.

GROW YOUR ARMY
• Pieces earn experience and level up. Each level offers a choice of new moves: a rook that smashes through two enemies, a knight that leaps further, a pawn that charges two squares every time.
• 38 upgrades across all piece kinds, shown as clear move diagrams, so a new move never feels like a bug.
• Recruit fairy chess pieces like the Archbishop, Chancellor, Camel and Grasshopper.

COLLECT RELICS
• 46 relics that bend the rules of chess, from a horn that leaves every enemy army one piece short to boss relics with a real price.
• Beat each boss once to unlock its trophy relic for your later runs.
• Visit merchants, rest at campfires and decide how to answer 16 strange encounters.

FACE THE SPIRE
• Three acts with branching maps of fights, elites, events, merchants and rest sites.
• 15 enemy squads, elite affixes and 6 bosses, each with its own rule, from the Moss Warden to the Grand Vizier.
• Terrain changes every fight: rubble blocks lines, chasms swallow the unwary, brambles slow riders, shrines grant a ward and portals open new routes.

CLIMB WITHOUT END
• Conquer the spire, then keep climbing: endless floors guarded by Wardens, with a boss returning every fifth floor.
• Enemies, gold, experience and glory grow with every floor. How high can your army get?
• Chase your highest floor and earn a rank from Climber to Sky Stormer.

PLAY YOUR WAY
• 4 armies to unlock, or build your own company from 15 points and set your line-up before every fight.
• 3 difficulties and 8 ascension levels for veterans. Harder fights pay more glory and better trophies.
• A Daily Gambit: the same seeded run for everyone each day, with a streak and a result to share.
• New to chess tactics? Enemy threats are shown on the board, the easier difficulties allow undo, and a guided first fight teaches the rules.
• Rotate and zoom the board, adjust the text size and turn off motion effects or vibration.

MADE FOR PHONES
• Single player chess strategy in portrait, with large touch targets. One hand is enough.
• Your run is saved after every move. Close the app at any time and continue later.
• An offline game: no internet needed to play. Haptic feedback, handcrafted sound and six sunlit biomes.

TRY IT, THEN OWN IT
Play the whole first act as often as you like. If you enjoy it, a single purchase unlocks the full game: acts 2 and 3, the endless climb, three more armies, Grandmaster difficulty, the ascension levels, the full Daily Gambit and every future update. Only the purchase itself needs a connection.

Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.

Recent changes:
Fixed: the trophy notice shows its full text again, and the labels of buttons with an icon are centred.