King's Hand

King's Hand

corrox · January 20, 2023 · Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Choices Matter, Pixel Graphics, Tabletop

King's Hand is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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King's Hand price

King's Hand is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About King's Hand

✦ AI summary

King's Hand is a 1v1 chess game where you defeat your opponent's king using randomly drawn cards with powerful abilities and strategic pawn exchanges to upgrade your pieces. Its unique twist replaces traditional checkmate with direct king elimination and features 12 distinct cards that let you fight your way to victory through offense or defense.

A classic 1v1 chess with unique cards that will help you dethrone that spoiled enemy king. Every match you get a randomly generated card with a rarity of common, epic or mythic. The rarer the card, the better the ability.

Throughout the game you also have access to exchanges. You might access exchanges any time and they provide exchanging X amount of pawns for a singular piece of higher rarity (for example 3 pawns for 1 bishop). In this game there is no checkmate nor stalemate, you fight until the other king dies and then you claim his kingdom so choose wisely and you might just get another kingdom.

The game currently contains offers quick match where you go against a random enemy or a friendly match where you can go against your friend and ruin your friendship. The game also offers 12 unique cards with different abilities that might be used either for offense or defense.

King's Hand — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

King's Hand is praised by some players for its fun random abilities, charming pixel art style, and unique take on chess with card-based mechanics, though others criticize the art as lazy and complain about microtransactions. The game appears to appeal most to players seeking a casual, creative twist on traditional chess, while those looking for a pure chess experience or disliking monetization may want to avoid it.

Recommended Jul 29, 2025
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9 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 28, 2026
This game is highkey fun as hell I like the random abilities and the art style. Overall i think this game is hell underground and underrated for what it is and i hope it gets some updates.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 1, 2026
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Not recommended Oct 25, 2024
"King's Hand" is a failed effort from yet another amateur developer who thinks he can "Fix" chess. Guess what? It doesn't need fixing. This also has added microtransaction cancer, so you can see why this was dead on arrival. The idea behind this train wreck is that you can use cards to alter the chess game you're playing. I didn't say it was a good idea, but how else are failed developers supposed to infest chess with microtransaction cancer? This features really godawful, lazy pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. There's actually some very nice looking and very well made chess games on Steam, so it's obvious why this failed to compete. This isn't really free as the game is infested with mobile app store like microtransactions. This is a consumer hostile model that we don't need to see on PC.…
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Recommended May 3, 2024
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1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 8, 2024
I wish there was a way to match against bots. I am new to the whole chess thing, so I'm still learning about it. I will continue to play this game for sure! Love the pixel vibes of this btw.

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