
Passant: A Chess Roguelike
Marc Makes Games · 2025-08-11
Modes: Single player
Releases: Aug 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))
Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
Health check
- · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
- · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (132 reviews).
- · Top 28% of 13,060 Casual games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 369 total reviews — how this is computed.
All-time low: $7.55 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Price history
Completion
- · 27.7% of players earned The Courtesan
- · 1.8% of players earned King Takes
- · 0.3% of players earned Challenge 9, six times
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
8 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 257 | 2% | 47 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Census log
- 2025-08-11First review activity on record (week of 2025-08-11).
- 2025-08-11Biggest review week on record: 132 reviews (week of 2025-08-11).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
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Similarity via IGDB.