Åland Islands
AX
Afghanistan
AF
Albania
AL
Algeria
DZ
American Samoa
AS
Andorra
AD
Angola
AO
Anguilla
AI
Antarctica
AQ
Antigua & Barbuda
AG
Aruba
AW
Australia
AU
Austria
AT
Bahamas
BS
Bahrain
BH
Bangladesh
BD
Barbados
BB
Belgium
BE
Belize
BZ
Benin
BJ
Bermuda
BM
Bhutan
BT
Bolivia
BO
Caribbean Netherlands
BQ
Bosnia & Herzegovina
BA
Botswana
BW
Bouvet Island
BV
British Indian Ocean Territory
IO
Brunei
BN
Bulgaria
BG
Burkina Faso
BF
Burundi
BI
Cambodia
KH
Cameroon
CM
Canada
CA
Cape Verde
CV
Cayman Islands
KY
Central African Republic
CF
Chad
TD
Christmas Island
CX
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CC
Comoros
KM
Congo - Brazzaville
CG
Cook Islands
CK
Côte d’Ivoire
CI
Croatia
HR
Cuba
CU
Curaçao
CW
Cyprus
CY
Czechia
CZ
Congo - Kinshasa
CD
Denmark
DK
Djibouti
DJ
Dominica
DM
Dominican Republic
DO
Timor-Leste
TL
Ecuador
EC
Egypt
EG
El Salvador
SV
Equatorial Guinea
GQ
Eritrea
ER
Estonia
EE
Ethiopia
ET
Falkland Islands
FK
Faroe Islands
FO
Fiji
FJ
Finland
FI
France
FR
French Guiana
GF
French Polynesia
PF
French Southern Territories
TF
North Macedonia
MK
Gabon
GA
Gambia
GM
Germany
DE
Ghana
GH
Gibraltar
GI
Greece
GR
Greenland
GL
Grenada
GD
Guadeloupe
GP
Guam
GU
Guatemala
GT
Guernsey
GG
Guinea
GN
Guinea-Bissau
GW
Guyana
GY
Haiti
HT
Heard & McDonald Islands
HM
Honduras
HN
Hungary
HU
Iceland
IS
Iran
IR
Iraq
IQ
Ireland
IE
Isle of Man
IM
Israel
IL
Italy
IT
Jamaica
JM
Japan
JP
Jersey
JE
Jordan
JO
Kenya
KE
Kiribati
KI
Laos
LA
Latvia
LV
Lebanon
LB
Lesotho
LS
Liberia
LR
Libya
LY
Liechtenstein
LI
Lithuania
LT
Luxembourg
LU
Macao SAR China
MO
Madagascar
MG
Malawi
MW
Maldives
MV
Mali
ML
Malta
MT
Marshall Islands
MH
Martinique
MQ
Mauritania
MR
Mauritius
MU
Mayotte
YT
Micronesia
FM
Monaco
MC
Mongolia
MN
Montenegro
ME
Montserrat
MS
Morocco
MA
Mozambique
MZ
Myanmar (Burma)
MM
Namibia
NA
Nauru
NR
Nepal
NP
Netherlands
NL
New Caledonia
NC
New Zealand
NZ
Nicaragua
NI
Niger
NE
Nigeria
NG
Niue
NU
Norfolk Island
NF
North Korea
KP
Northern Mariana Islands
MP
Norway
NO
Oman
OM
Pakistan
PK
Palau
PW
Palestinian Territories
PS
Panama
PA
Papua New Guinea
PG
Paraguay
PY
Pitcairn Islands
PN
Poland
PL
Portugal
PT
Puerto Rico
PR
Réunion
RE
Romania
RO
Rwanda
RW
St Kitts & Nevis
KN
St Lucia
LC
St Vincent & the Grenadines
VC
Samoa
WS
San Marino
SM
São Tomé & Príncipe
ST
Senegal
SN
Serbia
RS
Seychelles
SC
Sierra Leone
SL
Sint Maarten
SX
Slovakia
SK
Slovenia
SI
Solomon Islands
SB
Somalia
SO
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
GS
South Korea
KR
South Sudan
SS
Spain
ES
Sri Lanka
LK
St Barthélemy
BL
St Helena
SH
St Martin
MF
St Pierre & Miquelon
PM
Sudan
SD
Suriname
SR
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
SJ
Eswatini
SZ
Sweden
SE
Switzerland
CH
Syria
SY
Tanzania
TZ
Togo
TG
Tokelau
TK
Tonga
TO
Trinidad & Tobago
TT
Tunisia
TN
Turks & Caicos Islands
TC
Tuvalu
TV
Uganda
UG
United Kingdom
GB
United States
US
US Outlying Islands
UM
Vanuatu
VU
Vatican City
VA
Venezuela
VE
British Virgin Islands
VG
US Virgin Islands
VI
Wallis & Futuna
WF
Western Sahara
EH
Yemen
YE
Zambia
ZM
Zimbabwe
ZW
Description
Once a Pawn a King is a roguelike, turn-based strategy game with party-building mechanics, where chess meets chaos. Venture into the ever-shifting castle of the evil White King on a quest to rescue the beloved Black King, who was recently taken by the tyrant.
CHESS IS BROKEN
The board is shattered. The rules are twisted. And the king is gone.
Once A Pawn A King is an asymmetric turn based roguelike where you gather a party of chess pieces, empower them with magical abilities, and fight through a fractured world built from the ruins of a timeless chess match.
Classic chess strategy collides with roguelike unpredictability. Every run challenges you to adapt, experiment, and outthink a game that no longer follows its own rules.
GATHER THE BLACK ARMY
Assemble your forces from classic chess pieces including pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, and more. Each piece brings unique movement, abilities, and strategic possibilities.
Recruit allies, strengthen your army with powerful upgrades, and reshape your strategy as your party grows.
STRATEGY WITHOUT CHESS THEORY
Every piece matters. Losing the wrong unit can change the entire course of a run.
You do not need to know chess openings or memorize theory.
Once a Pawn a King takes the core ideas of chess tactics and transforms them into a more accessible strategic experience where experimentation, positioning, and decision making matter more than memorization.
Learn by playing, adapt to unexpected situations, and discover new strategies with every run.
BUILT FOR REPLAYABILITY
No two runs unfold the same way.
Randomized boards, randomized upgrades, and unpredictable encounters ensure that every attempt offers new challenges and opportunities.
Each run asks you to rethink your approach, refine your strategy, and push deeper into the fractured chess world.
Failure is part of the journey. Every defeat teaches you something that will help you on the next run.
UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY
In a decaying world sustained by an eternal chess match, the black and white armies battle endlessly. They fight, they die, and the cycle resets.
Command the Black Army as it searches for its lost king, uncover the truth behind the White King's growing madness, and confront a new rebellion rising from the board.
The cycle is breaking. The board is changing. And the truth behind the endless match is waiting to be discovered.