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Checkmage!

posshydra · released Oct 29, 2026

An adventure game with chess-themed deckbuilding battles. Build your strategy by trading cards and battling lovable, hand-drawn characters.

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Price
$19.99
US store
Reviews
100%
55 · Very Positive
Playing now
3
sampled 14h ago
24h peak
3
all-time seen 7
Followers
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Steam community hub
Owners (est.)
~1.7K
825 – 2.6K
Revenue (est.)
~$18.1K
gross, lifetime · how
YouTube activity
11
videos · 30 d
15
creators
866
views · 1 y
Twitch activity 5 watching · 1 live
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avg viewers · 30 d
27
hours watched · 30 d
3
streamers · 30 d

Product info

from Steam's PICS · read 2h ago
Change number
40,930,101 · seen 2h ago
Public build
26,655,219 · Nov 13, 2026 (2h ago)
Operating systems
windows, macos, linux
Architecture
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Install size
596 MB · 304 MB download
Install folder
Checkmage
Controller support
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Metacritic
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Release state
released
Community
hub · stats

Steam Deck

Unknown

No Deck test results published.

Branches · 4

every build Steam serves for this app
BranchBuildUpdatedDescription
public 26,655,219Nov 13, 2026 · 2h ago
beta 26,373,939Nov 2, 2026 · 11d ago Beta branch
debug 26,201,055Oct 25, 2026 · 19d ago debug
local 18,251,670Apr 26, 2025 · 1y ago Local Content Server

Build history

every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)
BuildBranchReleasedFirst seen
26,655,219public Nov 13, 2026 21:202h ago
26,526,588public Nov 8, 2026 21:153d ago
26,373,939beta Nov 2, 2026 07:093d ago
26,201,055debug Oct 25, 2026 18:153d ago
18,251,670local Apr 26, 2025 21:093d ago

Depots · 4

content of the public branch
DepotNameOSLanguageDLC / sharedSizeDownloadManifest
3613551 windows ——
3613552 windows 189 MB98 MB 8876999652464905642
3613553 linux 157 MB89 MB 3128999981279172871
3613554 macos 250 MB117 MB 7044702728657088186

Launch options · 3

ExecutableOSDescription
checkmage.exe windows
checkmage.sh linux 64-bit
checkmage.app macos beta: beta

Languages · 1

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English ✓——

Packages · 1

all packages
SubNameBillingPrice
1274191Checkmage! Store or CD key $19.99

Bundles · 0

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Not part of any bundle we know.

Change numbers

all changes
#40,930,101 · 2h ago

Updates · patch notes

Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed
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WhenNoteBuildUpdate size
Nov 8, 2026 Checkmage! Version 1.0.7 hotfix
fixed Daizy crash this crash was actually cropping up everywhere a piece was spawned on the board after checkmating any opponents. this should resolve some other seemingly unrelated crashes
26,526,588 579.3 MB total
Nov 7, 2026 Checkmage! Version 1.0.6 patch notes
bugfixes -fixed crash caused by undoing capturing an exothermic piece with a floating piecefixed bug detecting checkmate at the end of your turn even if you have already moved a piecefixed softlock with jong2fixed softlock after a specific interaction in the tiny battlefixed colorless pieces not performing certain between-turn effects like spawner and transformdetonate effect on plated tiles now d
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Nov 2, 2026 Checkmage! Version 1.0.5 patch notes
Actually fix the Unconventional achievement criteriaReplacing an occupied hologram tile with another tile type no longer crashes the gameFix sacrifice + undo race condition that allowed unlimited mana gain
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Oct 31, 2026 Checkmage! Version 1.0.4 patch notes
Cards no longer delete themselves from your deck in certain situationsRemove bomb from list of well card rewardsObservatory elevator no longer clips you into a wall
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Oct 31, 2026 Checkmage! version 1.0.3 patch notes
hi, it's austin. thanks for all the helpful feedback in the discussion pages here and on discord, it's been a big help and i'm grateful for all the polite responses. fixes: fixed multiple promotions happening at the same time being revertable and causing a crash (happened in the thoth observatory battles sometimes)fixed Mime piece causing revert to spontaneously swap the colors of pieces on the bo
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Oct 29, 2026 Checkmage! 1.0.2
encountering a draw now gives the correct post-battle dialogwell background music now loops correctlybackspace is no longer the default key for opening the menupixel zoom is now saved and applies correctly when opening the gamebadge no longer unlocks when you draw with the final enemy in a stage
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Oct 2, 2025 Demo update v0.5
big news! we will be showcasing Checkmage! at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo on October 19th (sunday!), thanks to the people at PIGSquad setting aside some table space for us.If you're in the area, come by and check out our game alongside a lineup of unique games from some other indie developers :)v0.5 changelogsave data may have been overwritten due to us changing how saving works. sorry fellas b
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Sep 5, 2025 Demo update v0.42
lots of great feedback and bug reports from the initial demo launch! thanks to everyone in the discord server for the help. changes / fixes:save data implemented !!!chests have been scrambled! the items have been moved around a bitacolyte promotes to a bishop, peons promote to queens.cells now cannot move backwards! trying this out for funwell has different unlocks - Mana orb, Egg, Platform spell
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