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Chess Knights: Shinobi

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage, and assassination.

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Minimol Games
Publisher
Minimol Games
Release
November 18, 2020
5 years and 258 days ago
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Very Positive70 reviews82.9%

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About the Game

Carve your path to vengeance.

Silence is your ally. Darkness is your friend.

Move like a ghost.

No room for mistakes.

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess.

Featuring:

  • All pieces move like in a chess game. You play as a Shinobi Knight who needs to move stealthily through a game board full of Samurai enemies;

  • 50 hand-crafted levels with increasing complexity (+ 10 secret "surreal" levels. Can you find them?);

  • Play in beautiful environments of ancient Japan in the Edo era;

  • Originally composed soundtracks;

  • A chess game without any chess. This is an original game concept for chess lovers and newcomers alike (you do not need to know any chess to play it).

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