Urja
A first-person puzzle shooter where enemies have chess-piece powers
Breaking Fourth · Released Jan 9, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 55% of 108
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
What is Urja?
Urja is a single-player, first-person puzzle shooter set across twelve surreal worlds. Your goal is to destroy every chess-shaped entity as quickly as possible while avoiding unwanted attention. Enemies feed on nearby energy, and different pieces can shield themselves, block passages, or resurrect defeated entities.
For you if...
- +you enjoy difficult shooters that demand patience
- +you like surreal settings and abstract visuals
Not for you if...
- −you expect traditional chess rules and turn-based play
- −you prefer charging into fights over choosing targets carefully
What players say
55% of 108 reviews are positive
Players praise the chess-inspired combat concept and minimalist presentation. Recent reviewers criticize unforgiving enemy AI, unbalanced difficulty, and unclear objectives and controls.
Screenshots and trailer
Urja system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Urja?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- Processor
- Windows XP or later
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DirectX 9 level (shader model 3.0) capabilities
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Urja have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Urja run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Urja use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
