The Rookery
Chess roguelite with army upgrades and tactical boss fights
Glyder Games · Released Sep 12, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 105
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
What is The Rookery?
A single-player strategy game built around chess-based tactical matches. In each run, you build an army of pieces, collect relics and other upgrades, and face AI opponents and bosses. Completing runs unlocks harder difficulty levels and new items.
For you if...
- +you like building different chess armies across runs
- +you enjoy tactical matches with varied relics and upgrades
- +you want difficulty levels that increase as you progress
Not for you if...
- −you prefer standard chess without relics or upgrades
- −you dislike building a new army each run
What players say
94% of 105 reviews are positive
Players praise the mix of chess tactics and varied relic builds, as well as the gradual difficulty progression. Some complain that unlucky upgrades or unfavorable matchups can make runs feel unfair.
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The Rookery system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Any 64 bit Windows
- Processor
- Anything should work
- Graphics
- Very light requirements
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- Not compatible with Steam Deck. The game should ask very little of your computer
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 43
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
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