The Rookery

The Rookery

Released Sep 2024

An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!

94% positive · 105 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

The Rookery launched on September 12, 2024 as a chess roguelite. The store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained product with a defined feature set: 10 bosses, 5 starting relics, over a hundred items, and unlockable difficulty levels earned through repeated runs. There are no DLC listings, no announced future content, no roadmap, and no developer posts suggesting additional content is planned. The developer has made no public statements about post-launch updates or expansions. The game appears to have shipped as a finished product and there is no evidence of any planned additions.
Evidence
Store description presents a complete feature set: 10 bosses, 5 starting relics, 100+ items, and unlockable harder levels — no mention of future content, DLC, or ongoing development plans.
description · Sep 12, 2024 source ambiguous
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Short description markets the game as a complete fast-paced chess roguelite experience with no indication of planned future content.
store metadata · Sep 12, 2024 source ambiguous
low

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Glyder Games
Achievements
43
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

The Rookery offers all the army-building challenges and explosive potential of classic roguelikes with the timeless fun of chess. Your army will start meager but you will be offered many upgrades - will you go for a pawn-centric build, or try to get as many queens as possible? Will you go for the greedy options, preparing to destroy the final boss as long as you can sneak through the first act with some timely potions?

We have a very wide range of difficulty—the game can be played and won by someone who has never played chess before, while simultaneously posing a brutal challenge for accredited international masters!

Features

Each run, craft an army - collect pieces, boosts, relics and consumables to prepare for your next fight!

Each run is different. As you complete runs, you'll unlock harder levels and crazier items!

Synergize all your upgrades together to destroy even the toughest bosses!

10 different bosses with powerful, unique abilities!

5 different starting relics, leading to a wide variety of play experiences!

Over a hundred unique items and buffs!

40 different difficulty levels, backed by a tough AI that will not hesitate to exploit your weaknesses!

Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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