Chess identity, tactics depth
King, Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen. Each class attacks in its own pattern, while movement stays flexible enough for tactics.
Eat Chess · Rogue Tactics
Protect the
Protect the
King. Read the board.
Rogue Tactics is a turn-based tactics roguelite. Lead your King and squad through compact battles with chess-inspired attack patterns, deterministic damage, story encounters, relics, promotions, and permanent King equipment.
chef's note: Coming soon to iOS and Android.
Tactics, not luck.
Your squad moves through compact tactical boards and attacks with chess-inspired patterns. Rook lines. Bishop diagonals. Knight L-jumps. Queen reach. Damage is deterministic. No crits, no misses, no dice rolls hiding the board from you. Win the encounter, draft a reward, push deeper. Lose a unit and that unit stays gone for the rest of the run.
Branching three-act run
Choose through combat, reward, event, rest, shop, elite, and boss nodes. Your route shapes your build before the final fight.
Permadeath, with progression
Squad losses are permanent within a run. Between runs, your King levels up and unlocks equipment for the next attempt.
A roguelite that respects the board.
Deterministic damage
Numbers are visible, predictable, and final. The board is the puzzle, not the random number generator.
Multiple objective types
Boss, escort, survive, escape, crystal, and other encounters ask for more than just clearing the board.
Relics and equipment
Relics shape a single run. Permanent King equipment lives across attempts and changes how the next march starts.
Optional Challenge Mode
Iron King, Scarce Rest, and Elite Pressure modifiers for runs you want sharper.
Resume any time
Quit mid-encounter and the run resumes exactly where you left it. One save slot, one active dungeon.
Offline by default
No accounts, no analytics, no ads. The whole game runs on your device.
"You can see every number. Now read every tile."
Rogue Tactics is the tactics branch of the Eat Chess series. It keeps the chess vocabulary, then turns it into a mobile roguelite about positioning, previews, and hard choices.