

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.
Where to buy Pawn of the Dead — official stores
Pawn of the Dead price by region
Pawn of the Dead costs $1.99 in Georgia (USD), £3.99 in the United Kingdom, €4.49 in Europe (EUR), $4.99 in the United States, 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.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.99 | $1.99 | — | 2 | |
| £3.99 | £3.99 | — | 2 | |
| €4.49 | €4.49 | — | 2 | |
| $4.99 | $4.99 | — | 2 | |
| CA$5.69 | CA$5.69 | — | 2 | |
| NZ$6.59 | NZ$6.59 | — | 2 | |
| A$6.99 | A$6.99 | — | 2 | |
| zł13.25 | zł13.25 | — | 2 | |
| 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 where your captured pieces transform into enemy undead units, forcing you to rethink every move across a story-driven campaign and multiple game modes. Master asymmetrical puzzles and tactical challenges as you defend the White Kingdom from an army of the infected, with options for procedural challenges, local multiplayer, and a frantic Queen-versus-Zombies mode.
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.
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.
Pawn of the Dead offers a creative twist on chess with zombie-themed rules that converts captured pieces rather than removing them, alongside classic chess and multiple game modes including a 64-challenge campaign. Players who are chess enthusiasts praise the innovative premise and solid AI, though opinions split on whether the execution lives up to the concept, with some finding it fun while others feel the overall presentation and design choices are mediocre or don't deliver on expected chess fundamentals.
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
i was expecting chess rules, but no. wasted potential.2 found this helpful
[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
The game is a lot of fun1 found this helpful
Nice little chess game1 found this helpful
Nice change on chess games, waiting for new scenarios
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