Pawn of the Dead

Pawn of the Dead

Aslan Game Studio · February 19, 2021 · Chess, Zombies, Gothic, Fantasy, Strategy

Buy Pawn of the Dead from Epic Game Store at $4.99 — the cheapest of 2 stores we compare.

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Very Positive91% · 55
Best price
$4.99
lowest tracked $2.49
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Where to buy Pawn of the Dead — official stores

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Standard Edition · Epic Games
$4.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$6.99
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Pawn of the Dead price by region

Pawn of the Dead costs £3.99 in the United Kingdom, €4.49 in Europe (EUR), $4.99 in the United States, $4.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$5.69 in Canada, NZ$6.59 in New Zealand, A$6.99 in Australia, zł13.25 in Poland and R$13.49 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Pawn of the Dead offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.99 £3.99 — 2
Europe (EUR) €4.49 €4.49 — 2
United Statesyour region $4.99 $4.99 — 2
Georgia (USD) $4.99 $4.99 — 2
Canada CA$5.69 CA$5.69 — 2
New Zealand NZ$6.59 NZ$6.59 — 2
Australia A$6.99 A$6.99 — 2
Poland zł13.25 zł13.25 — 2
Brazil R$13.49 R$13.49 — 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 Pawn of the Dead

Pawn of the Dead is a chess variant which differs from the classical chess with its unique mechanic: White pieces get infected into Black (undead) pieces when captured! But do not worry, there's always a solution to win in these asymmetrical levels.

Game modes

  • Campaign Mode with 64 levels, a fantasy story supported with cinematics.
  • Random Level Generation Mode with hundreds of procedurally pre-generated levels. You can also play as Black (the infecting side) against AI, or against a friend on the same computer (local multiplayer)
  • Classical Chess Mode with regular chess rules and piece placements
  • Queen vs Zombies: Fight against an endless army of zombie pawns as White Queen. Every 7 zombies you slay grants you a destructive power of magic.
Also, easy transition between 3D and 2D.

Campaign Story

As Leonard the White King, it's your duty to protect White Kingdom against the army of undead. Always nearby you is kingdom's most powerful warrior and your beloved wife, Elona the White Queen. A sinister reflection you ignored all along is awaiting for you, who seeks a resolution beyond revenge.

Pawn of the Dead — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jun 15, 2021
If you're a chess fan, don't miss Pawn of the Dead. New rules totally reinvigorate the game (but the original's still there if you want it). Campaign is a series of 64 challenges but as if that wasn't enough there's also an arcade-style "queen vs zombies" mode. You probably have to be a chess fan to enjoy this, but if you are, this is mindblowing. Features a campaign with 64 challenges, a "queen vs zombies" mode, 2p mode and both classic and zombie rules. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 8, 2024
i was expecting chess rules, but no. wasted potential.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 8, 2024
[h1]So mediocre that it hurts...[/h1] ... it hurts, because as a Chess game PotD has potential... It's all there: nice graphics and animations, good AI, and the premise forming the base (i.e. black pieces aka zombies converting white pieces into zombies as well instead of capturing them) is awesome and intriguing. But it's all a [u]steaming mess[/u] that's just [u]overall painfully mediocre[/u]: [list] [*]I [u]personally like the graphics[/u], but I have to admit that they're undeniably outdated. Also, the design choices are [u]pleasantly non-grandiose[/u], but defintely weird... The black pieces are your standard undead and necromancers, but... the white king looks like a poor guy pretending to be king; the white queen wears what I can't call neither elegant nor a simple nightgown; the knights and bishops are just humanoids with horse and elephant heads respectively that look incredibly out of place; and whoever designed the rooks needs to perform a drug test asap, because it seems he's as high as Lewis Carroll was. [*]The [u]fluid animations[/u] are technically fine, but also very underwhelming and nothing else, and they look like the motion capture was done by a middle school th…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 26, 2025
The game is a lot of fun
1 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 28, 2021
Nice little chess game
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 25, 2021
Nice change on chess games, waiting for new scenarios

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