ChessFinity

Think you know chess? Try it in 3D — then add mana and deckbuilding.ChessFinity’s free Steam demo is live. Play it now and wishlist for Early Access.

DEMO (available now)The demo is a focused solo slice so you can try the core systems right away:

• Solo play (vs AI or self-play)
• 5 modes: Classic, 3D Modded, Mana, Co-op, and FFA presets
• A small sample of puzzles + mini-games

EARLY ACCESS (late April)Early Access expands beyond the demo with:

• Online multiplayer (and ongoing improvements)
• More presets in every mode (more boards, rules, and matchups)
• More puzzles + mini-games
• Expanded customisation tools

Pick a preset and play immediately, or dive into Mana Chess — a deckbuilding mode where your pieces come from a deck and you spend mana to deploy them.

At a glance (Early Access)

• Mana Chess deckbuilding (pieces as cards + mana to deploy)
• 3D chess variants on unusual boards (including classic variants)
• Strange new pieces and wild matchups
• Mini-games: puzzles + routing/touring challenges + chaotic FFA modes
• Play solo vs AI, hot-seat, and online multiplayer (still improving)

Mana Chess: deckbuilding meets chess

In Mana Chess, you don’t start with a fixed army — you build a deck of pieces and deploy them using mana. It creates a different kind of chess: more tactical surprises, more comeback potential, and far more variety between games.Mana highlights:

• Choose from mana presets (single level or multiple levels, with or without walls)
• Build a deck that includes powerful new pieces
• Deploy pieces by spending mana, with configurable limits (including up to 3 moves per turn in Mana)
• Set king placement and deployment zones for custom Mana scenarios

3D chess variants & weird boards

ChessFinity includes curated 3D presets and variants — some well-known, some deliberately strange.Examples you’ll find inside:

• Classic 3D variants like Raumschach
• Experimental boards (small boards, long boards, boards with holes, “bridge” layouts, walled layouts)
• Scenario-style rulesets (for example: king with only pawns, king with only bishops, asymmetric matchups like dragon vs knights)

Strange new pieces

Beyond standard chess pieces, ChessFinity includes new piece types designed for multi-level boards and variant rulesets — creating threats and tactics you won’t see in normal chess.

Mini-games & challenges

Want something faster, weirder, or more puzzle-like than a full match?

• 3D chess puzzles
• Routing & touring challenges
• Chaotic FFA modes — including rule sets where the board can “rot” (disappear) as players move

Play modes (and a quick note on multiplayer)

• Solo vs yourself or AI
• 3+ player options (including team formats like 2v2)
• Online multiplayer is available, but it’s still being improved — for the smoothest experience right now, solo vs AI / hot-seat is the best starting point

Custom games (limited, single-player focused)

ChessFinity includes custom setup tools, with limits (and currently focused on solo play).What you can customise:

• Board shape & size
• Choose mode: Modded Chess or Mana Chess
• Piece placement for Modded Chess
• King placement + deployment zones for Mana Chess
• Number of players
• Time limit per turn
• Move limits per turn (Mana: up to 3)
• Deck building (Mana only)

UI & quality-of-life tools

• Tutorials for Mana, 3D chess, and basic board control
• Move log + match replay
• Check piece movement patterns and threatened positions
• Switch between 2D and 3D views
• Board coordinates
• Adjust spacing between levels for better visibility on tall boards

Wishlist ChessFinity on Steam to follow development and be notified when major updates go live.