Captures

Captures

cosmic_dust · August 26, 2021 · Sports, Board Game, Strategy RPG, Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical RPG

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Captures price by region

Captures costs £0.59 in the United Kingdom, $0.69 in the United States, €0.69 in Europe (EUR), CA$0.90 in Canada, A$1.03 in Australia, NZ$1.04 in New Zealand, $1.39 in Georgia (USD), R$2.44 in Brazil and zł3.14 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Captures offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.59 −65% £0.59 — 1
United Statesyour region $0.69 −65% $0.69 — 1
Europe (EUR) €0.69 −65% €0.69 — 1
Canada CA$0.90 −65% CA$0.90 — 1
Australia A$1.03 −65% A$1.03 — 1
New Zealand NZ$1.04 −65% NZ$1.04 — 1
Georgia (USD) $1.39 $1.39 — 1
Brazil R$2.44 −65% R$2.44 — 1
Poland zł3.14 zł3.14 — 1

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 Captures

✦ AI summary

Captures is a chess-driven puzzle game where you strategically remove all opponent pieces from increasingly complex boards filled with special tile effects like curses, poison, portals, and random transmutations. It combines classic chess rules with inventive board hazards and a grueling speedrun mode that challenges you to complete multiple levels with fewer than 5 mistakes.

Captures is a chess-driven puzzle game. The objective is to capture the opponent's pieces.
While the chess pieces move according to the regular rules, the board itself varies from level to level. Boards from 3x3 to 8x8 are present in the game.
Also certain squares on the board might have "tile effects".

When you capture a piece on a cursed square, you lose your piece as well.

Pieces that land on a poisoned square will expire in 3 turns.

Pieces placed on the portal move to the other portal after black completes its turn.Pieces that land on a tile with the random effect will transmute into another piece.

The levels are mostly beginner friendly. People who are looking for a challenge can attempt a built-in speedrun. In speedrun mod levels start one after another, and the player has to make fewer than 5 mistakes through out the whole run.

CONTROLS

-Drag & drop pieces.
-Click the restart button or press R key to restart the levels.

RULES

-All black pieces must be removed from the board to win the level.
-If a stalemate occurs, the level fails.
-If white loses all of their pieces the level fails. However, if white loses their last piece at the same time with the black, the level is completed.
-During a speed run, reseting a level counts as a mistake.

TIPS
-Random tips will be shown through out the game.
-CPU likes to trade pieces, take advantage of it!

Captures — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Captures is a chess-based puzzle game with creative board variations like poisoned fields and portals that encourage tactical thinking, but players are frustrated by the opponent's poor AI behavior, which relies on random moves rather than intelligent strategy and includes nonsensical quirks like repeatedly moving the queen back and forth. The puzzles tend to feel too easy as a result, and some players report confusing or unexplained loss conditions, though the game serves as a decent casual time-waster for those interested in chess variants.

Recommended Nov 20, 2022
This is a pleasant chess-based puzzle game. The "adversary" behavior is too random (there is no AI implemented just some rules). The only important rule it should comply is the mandatory capture when the option exists. So I think that a smarter behavior with an AI would be better. Because of that, the puzzles are generally too easy but it's a good time waster.
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Recommended Aug 28, 2021
The game keeps you thinking about possible moves on an often more adventurous board than the original chess board: You have to deal with and use poisened fields, portals, death fields and more. It is a quite entertaining game and you can train for a real chess game by thinking about possible tactics to win. Even though, I also mention some flaws: The opponent moves its queen back and forth non-stop until I make an attacking move. This is not how chess is played. Furthermore, I have 3 knights left and 2 pawns and the opponent 1 pawn somewhere a bit below the middle of the board and the game is failed for me. Why? The reason cannot be a stalemate.
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