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Pawn of the Dead cover art

Pawn of the Dead

Aslan Game Studio · 2021-02-19

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 19, 2021 (Mac), Feb 19, 2021 (Linux), Aug 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience a dark twist on classic chess where your captured pieces are infected and rise to join the undead army! Adapt to asymmetrical battlefields, protect the White Kingdom, and lead King Leonard against his greatest, most sinister enemy yet: His own reflection.

91%
positive of 54 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Epic Game Store (2025-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 9 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182025Week of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$2.492018-08-272026-08-172018-08-27 — best price $3.992021-04-26 — best price $7.992021-08-30 — best price $4.792021-10-25 — best price $7.992022-02-19 — best price $5.592022-03-07 — best price $7.992022-06-24 — best price $5.592022-11-07 — best price $7.992023-01-15 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $4.892023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $4.892024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $4.892024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-09-27 — best price $5.242024-11-09 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $4.892025-02-17 — best price $6.992025-04-11 — best price $4.892025-06-02 — best price $6.992025-07-29 — best price $4.192025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-11-21 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-02-26 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-08-17 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DChessIndieGothicPuzzleFantasyZombiesStrategyBoard GameStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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