Check and Slash

Short description

Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack and slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black pieces to receive upgrades and fight against formidable opponents until you find the enemy king.

Developer: Gate of Madness
Publisher: Gate of Madness
Release: Mon, May 27, 2024
Price: $4.99
Reviews: 24
Positive: 92%
Followers: n/a
Owners (estimated): 0 – 20K
Concurrent players: n/a
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Features: Full controller support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Steam Leaderboards
Tags: Chess Rogue-lite Hack and Slash Boss Rush Grid-Based Movement Difficult Rogue-like Action Roguelike Action Tabletop Board Game Strategy Minimalist 2D Top-Down Atmospheric Procedural Generation Mystery Dungeon Souls-like Singleplayer

Revenue (estimated, gross)~$5ksomewhere between $2k and $10k · roughly 480–2K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $4.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

Tracking started Aug 14, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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The Ouroboros King	Oriol Cosp Games 3 titles	3	− Hack and Slash − Boss Rush − Grid-Based Movement + Turn-Based Tactics + Board Game + Turn-Based Strategy	$9.99	474	81%	Mon, Feb 27, 2023	$197k $88k – $925k
[REDACTED]	Striking Distance Studios 2 titles	3	− Chess − Boss Rush − Grid-Based Movement + Action Roguelike + Top-Down Shooter + Dungeon Crawler	$9.99	329	81%	Sun, Oct 27, 2024	$334k $148k – $451k
Deflector	Arrowfist Games first game	3	− Chess − Boss Rush − Grid-Based Movement + RPG + Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike	$19.99	283	87%	Fri, Mar 24, 2023	$364k $364k – $413k
Nightmare: The Lunatic	Maetdol Games 2 titles	3	− Chess − Boss Rush − Grid-Based Movement + Action Roguelike + Replay Value + Pixel Graphics	$16.99	226	87%	Sun, Mar 31, 2024	$165k $73k – $294k
Choice Chamber	Studio Bean 5 titles	3	− Chess − Boss Rush − Grid-Based Movement + Action Roguelike + 2D Platformer + Perma Death	$9.99	123	89%	Thu, Jul 16, 2015	$51k $23k – $463k

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