Chess Arcana: Hero Chess Game

Chess Arcana is real chess with a fantasy twist. Every game follows the full official rules — checkmate, castling, en passant and promotion — and every hero brings an ultimate skill that can turn the game around.

REAL CHESS + HERO SKILLS
• Blitz (3+2): pure chess, no skills
• Wild Chess (8 min): charge your hero's ultimate and unleash it at the right moment
• Play live opponents worldwide through Game Center — or tap Play vs AI and start instantly, no waiting

SIX HEROES, SIX PLAYSTYLES
• Chronomancer – Time Stop: move twice in a row
• Phantom Knight – Phantom Jump: teleport, strike, then move again
• Aegis Queen – Divine Judgment: holy light passes through your own pieces, destroys the first enemy in the line and grants a shield
• Ember Bishop – Inferno Burn: sets all four diagonals ablaze at once
• Tempest Rook – Cyclone: unleashes a storm along the rook's line
• Star Oracle – Star's Return: revives your most valuable fallen piece

FREE AND FAIR
• Free to download and play
• Skills are never sold as an edge: paying never makes any piece stronger
• Finish your first match to unlock Phantom Knight free — two heroes before you spend a cent
• Collector heroes are sold separately or in a bundle
• No ads

COMPETE
• Weekly and all-time leaderboards for each mode
• Optimized for iPhone Duo, folded or open