Gigachess

Gigachess

Drixxel Soft · December 16, 2015 · Indie, Strategy, Casual, Tabletop, Board Game

Buy Gigachess from Steam at $3.99 — the cheapest of 2 stores we compare.

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Very Positive83% · 95
Best price
$3.99
lowest tracked $0.79
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Gigachess price by region

Gigachess costs £2.79 in the United Kingdom, $2.79 in Georgia (USD), $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$3.99 in Canada, A$3.99 in Australia, NZ$3.99 in New Zealand, R$8.39 in Brazil and zł14.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Gigachess offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.79 £2.79 — 2
Georgia (USD) $2.79 $2.79 — 2
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 2
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 2
Canada CA$3.99 CA$3.99 — 2
Australia A$3.99 A$3.99 — 2
New Zealand NZ$3.99 NZ$3.99 — 2
Brazil R$8.39 R$8.39 — 2
Poland zł14.49 zł14.49 — 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Gigachess


Gigachess is a puzzle board hero defense. With your custom party of Knights, Rooks and Bishops, defend against the relentless waves of enemy Pawns running a blitz for the board's bottom. The seemingly unbreakable formations and constant downward march of your foe transform chess from slow burn to tactical rush in this deeply addictive single-player remix of turn-based strategy's ultimate grandmaster.

How long can you survive the Pawn onslaught?

GIGACHESS v1.27 FEATURES

  • Endless mode with randomly generated waves and a choice of 4 difficulty levels for a perpetual Pawn menace (now with Autosaves, Hyper states & Mutators!)
  • Puzzle Attack mode offering 48 high-stakes, logic-testing stages to clear (now with Easy Mode!)
  • Knight's Dungeon mode providing a 40-stage set of knight's tour-inspired puzzles to maze through (now with a Level Editor & Steam Workshop support!)
  • Playable Tutorials & Tooltips for a crash course in the mechanical intricacies & insight on demand
  • Strategic Power-ups that block advancing Pawns, plant explosive traps & more!
  • Competitive Leaderboards to rank your best played games against the world
  • Achievements & Trading Cards for the complete Steam experience

A single-player chess variant has never been more compelling. Get your head around Gigachess today!

Gigachess — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

🎁 Complete the collection

Base game + 1 of 1 DLC at today's best prices.

$4.98
to own everything

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 7, 2024
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6 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 16, 2025
Gigachess is not a chess game. In fact, this is a challenging puzzle game. You only have three kinds of pieces: Knight, Rook and Bishop. Most of puzzles are really hard, such as Knight's Dungeon. But I like the Endless mode. It's very interesting.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 17, 2024
A good pass time which tickles the old grey matter.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 2, 2026
Good classic knights puzzles and the wave attack mode is pretty interesting.
Not recommended Aug 2, 2025
The visual clarity is ass. I am so frustrated about identifying which piece is which that I just don't want to keep playing.
Not recommended Feb 25, 2025
This is a very fun and creative puzzle game, however it gets tedious fast and the music is so repetitive you find yourself unable to think. Worth the price tag and challenge but not my kind of thing.

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