Dark Chess

5/10 + chess - fog of war can eat a full on bag of ♥♥♥♥♥. it just makes every game slower and longer with way more guess work - dont know what power enemy has until it procs the 1st time. good chance your not winning 1st fight. what do you mean you get a new free queen every time i kill your queen??? - just about every level is you get normal chess and enemy team gets random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. something like enemy team gets random piece every 7 turns. cool thats a free queen im dead or fog that blocks random spaces. and thats mate in 3 cause fog moved that way randomly and locked all the pieces i needed - you can move into check without knowing your moving into check and lose the game....thats some real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that makes me hate this game. same for the enemy. i feel like im just winning some games by luck and chance. + 13$ - AI voice acting for some reason, doesnt really add anything to the game - no undo

- AI cheats - Basically just chess puzzles with unfair advantage - Worst game in chess Humble Bundle

*Dark Chess*, developed by Tall Troll Games and published by Tall Troll Games alongside Hawthorn Games, takes the rigid, perfectly transparent structure of traditional chess and deliberately breaks it apart to create something far more uncertain and experimental. Instead of refining the classic formula, it challenges its very foundation by removing complete information, introducing narrative-driven scenarios, and bending rules in ways that force players to rethink how they approach strategy altogether. The most transformative element is the introduction of fog of war, which obscures enemy pieces unless they fall within the range of your own units. This single mechanic reshapes the entire experience. In standard chess, success depends on calculation and foresight built on complete visibility, but here, players are forced to make decisions with incomplete knowledge. Every move becomes a calculated risk, and reading the opponent turns into a process of deduction rather than observation. This shift creates a constant sense of tension, as players must balance caution with initiative, often acting on intuition as much as logic. Beyond this core mechanic, the game builds a structured ca…

The stuff they added to Chess (Dark Chess) isn't very good.

Playing chess with incomplete information is like pooping with an incomplete colon. Which is to say, it's the board game equivalent of a colostomy bag.

not that deep