- Build 1.6 Hotfix #1 - 9 September 2025
Attempted to fix a bug where the inputs would fail after getting attacked. This bug was more prevalent on faster speeds, and I am hoping I was able to fix it.
- Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese (Patch 1.6) - 26 August 2025
I'm excited to announce that Chess Survivors now officially supports Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese! To celebrate I'll be running a 50% discount from August 26th - September 10th. Chess Survivors が日本語、韓国語、中国語（簡体字）に正式に対応しました！これを記念して、8月26日から9月10日まで50%割引を実施します。체스 서바이버가 이제 일본어, 한국어, 그리고 중국어 간체를 공식적으로 지원한다는 기쁜 소식을 전해드립니다! 이를 기념하여 8월 26일부터 9월 10일까지 50% 할인 행사를 진행합니다.我很高兴地宣布，《Chess Survivors》现已正式支持日语、韩语和简体中文！为了庆祝，我将在8月26日至9月10日期间推出五折优惠。Cheers, Aarimous
- Bullet Heaven Festival - 5 December 2024
Happy Bullet Heaven Festival! 🎉 Hey everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful December—yes, I can't believe 2024 is almost over either! I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the Bullet Heaven Festival and reflect on Chess Survivors. Being my first game, it will always have a special place in my heart. Whether you're discovering it for the first time or revisiting it, I hope you feel the love and care that went into every detail. While I’m no longer actively working on the game, your feedback still means the world to me. If you have ideas for new abilities, relics, characters, or quality-of-life improvements, please feel free to share them. I may not be able to implement them, but knowing how you’d like to see Chess Survivors grow is always inspiring—and who knows, I might just add your idea! Thank you for being a part of this journey with me. Cheers! Aarimous P.S. You can follow my g…
- 1.5.2 Hotfixes - 24 September 2024
Some small changes based on recent feedback from players. Fixed a bug where the min health could show as negative on the game over screen Slightly increased the enemy and elite damage scaling values for endless mode Fixed a typo on the credits screen
- Hot Fix Patch (1.5.1) - 24 August 2024
Just a small patch to fix an issue reported by a player. Patch Notes: The YoYo ability will now show when playing without the turn timer. This was previously removed as the YoYo used to have a turn duration, but this ability was reworked to do one full rotation instead of a turn duration. This will fix the issue where the Smol Wizard didn't have an ability when the turn timer was disabled.
- YoYo and Firewall Rework - Patch 1.5 Live Now! - 5 June 2024
Hey there, This patch it directly based on feedback from you players and I think the changed to YoYo and Firewall make the game far more fun to play. Keep the feedback coming and I'll keep making changes. So If you do have feedback, please leave it over on the Steam discussions or over in my discord. Thanks for playing my little game, Aarimous 1.5 Patch Notes tl;dr; YoYo Ability and Firewall Reworks, QOL changes, random balance stuff, and bugs Yo-Yo Ability Rework: Removed the duration and will now only spin around the character once during the ability phase of the turn. Remove upgrades for turn duration Changed upgrades for cooldown from 8, 7, 6, 4→ 4, 3, 2, 1 Increased the damage from 30,55, 90, 150 → 50, 70, 110, 175 Increased the scale upgrades, but I can’t remember what the old values were Adjusted the logic so that scale increase only increase the distance way from the player at 6…
- Beta Build 1.5.0 - 1 June 2024
Hey there, This is actually a fairly large patch with a lot of little changes here and there. Because of that, I want to do a week or so of testing to see if there needs to be any further changes. You can play this build over on the beta branch. Please let me know either in this thread, Steam discussions or over in my discord. Cheers, Aarimous Beta Notes (These are subject to change): - Reworks: - Yo-Yo Ability: - Removed the duration and will now only spin around the character once during the ability phase of the turn. - Remove upgrades for turn duration - Changed upgrades for cooldown from 8, 7, 6, 4→ 4, 3, 2, 1 - Increased the damage from 30,55, 90, 150 → 50, 70, 110, 175 - Increased the scale upgrades, but I can’t remember what the old values were - Adjusted the logic so that scale increase only increase the distance way from the player at 60% of their value. This is to prevent the…
- Hot Fix 1.4.1 - 3 May 2024
Fixed a bug where the player upgrades (Ability Damage, Melee Damage, and Max Health) were all being calculated way too high. Now they should scale with each act, but then get clamped during endless mode. Cheers!
- AOE Changes - Patch 1.4 Live Now! - 28 April 2024
Hey there, This patch is a bunch of random changes based on suggestions for you the players. The big one here is a change to how area of effect increases work. I go into more details below, but this is a pretty big nerf to the end game scaling for AOE based abilities. I tried to buff the base stats for impacted abilities/relics, but I likely got it wrong. So if needed, I will do a hot fix patch to fix any balance issues. This is as much your game as it is mine, and my goal is for it to be a fun game that you enjoy playing that respects your time and the money you spent. If that is not the case, please let me know. I will change it to make it better. If you do have feedback, please leave it over on the Steam discussions or over in my discord. Thanks for playing my little game, Aarimous 1.4 Patch Notes tl;dr; AOE Changes, Endless Balances Changes, Bug Fixes Area of Effect Changes Area of…
- 1.3.2 Hot Fixes - 18 March 2024
A quick bug fix and some small balance changes for endless mode. Fixed a bug where you could kill yourself with a reroll when upon leveling up or opening a chest your health was less than the re-roll cost. Adjusted the "Endless Mode" act modifiers to grant more life to enemies and less damage. The goal here is to keep combat interesting as the acts scale, but lower the odds you get one-shot.
- What I'm Working On Next - 29 February 2024
Hey there, Thank you for checking out my little indie game. At this point my development on Chess Survivors is basically complete. But I would like to add one last feature to the game. An actual BOSS FIGHT! I have some ideas but I don’t have any timeline for when this will be ready. I’d love to hear your ideas over in my community discord. I have begun working on my next game. If you are interesting in learning more about my next game please follow me over on YouTube or hang out with me live on ]Twitch. Thank you again for supporting solo indie developers like me. My goal is to create games that are fun to play, that respect your time as a player, and that are worth every penny you spent. Cheers, Aarimous
- Patch 1.3.1 - 28 December 2023
Small patch aimed at adjusting the balance of Endless Mode. Please keep the feedback coming, I'm hoping I can get Endless Mode to be fun and challenging. If you do have feedback, please leave it over on the Steam discussions or over in my discord. Cheers, Aarimous General Changes: Player upgrades (Health, Ability Damage, Melee Damage, and Pickup Range) will now all have some randomness in the values. On average there isn’t much of a change, but it should add some additional texture to each run. Lowered the value of the “Basic Relics” which you can start getting once you already get all the relics. Changed the Discord link to be my Aarimous Discord as I will be retiring the Chess Survivors discord. Endless Mode Balance: In endless mode I removed chest elites for the spawning pool XP needed per level will now scale by 10% more per level, previously it was following the same amount increas…
- 1.3 Hotfix #1 - 26 December 2023
Small little update to adjust Endless Mode difficulty. If it still sucks, please let me know and I will change it. :) Dramatically increased the enemy modifiers your can get for endless acts. In general the values are doubled. Updated the Portuguese translations. Huge thank you to Joel Gomes from Muriki Studio who provided me with better Portuguese translations. Please reach out if you would like to translate chess Survivors into your own language.
- Endless Mode - Patch 1.3 Live Now! - 21 December 2023
Happy Holidays! Endless Mode is finally here!! This was a fun feature to add and was been one of the most requested features. I'm happy with where the game is at and I would love to hear your thoughts. I'm making Endless Mode a BETA for now, so please let me know if you think the balance needs to change or if there needs to be structural changes (or if you find any bugs). I read all of your feedback, and basically always make the change. This is as much your game as it is mine, and my goal is for it to be a fun game that you enjoy playing that respects your time and the money you spent. If that is not the case, please let me know. I will change it to make it better. If you do have feedback, please leave it over on the Steam discussions or over in my discord. Here's a devlog showing how I added Endless Mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7lGc23x_mc Thanks for playing my little game, A…
- 1.2 Hotfix #1 - 7 November 2023
Fixed a bug where the tooltip for certain relics would appear off screen or the tooltip would be too wide The total damage dealt will now be rounded to the nearest integer on the game over screen
- 1.2 Patch Live Now! - 6 November 2023
Hi all, In celebration of the Bullet Heaven festival I have created 6 new relics. Specifically, I think the new rare relics will add some interesting new builds. I have begun working on my next game as my work on Chess Survivors is largely completed, but if you have ideas I'd love to hear them either in the Steam discussions or over on discord. I always love hearing from player's (I sincerely mean this, your feedback has helped me make this game way better than it otherwise would be, so thank you). From time to time, I will likely keep doing small updates like this to add relics, abilities, or new characters. I hope you enjoy my little game and thank you for playing. Cheers, Aarimous P.S. Please consider subscribing to My YouTube Channel where I share my game development as an solo indie dev. 1.2 Patch Notes tl;dr; 6 New Relics and a few bug fixes New Relics: Bullet Heaven: (Rare) After…
- New Beta Build for 1.2 Patch - 5 November 2023
tl;dr; 6 New Relics and Bug Fixes You can play it over on the beta branch. This will be moved to the live branch tomorrow for the bullet heaven fest. Please let me know if you find any bugs or if you want me to add any other quality of life changes. Thanks, -Aarimous New Relics: Bullet Heaven: (Rare) After taking damage shoot a volley of lasers dealing damage equal to the damage dealt to you. The number of projectiles is equal to half your level rounded up (works once per turn and ability damage modifiers increase damage.) The Game Developer: (Rare) Spawn Aarimous, this game’s developer, who will attach to a random nearby enemies. When you kill the enemy it will now explode dealing damage to nearby enemies equal to 50% of the enemy’s max health. Will find a new enemy at the start of your next turn. Immunity Idol: (Rare) When you would die, heal to 50% of your Max HP instead (works once)…
- 1.1.1 Bug Fix - 22 October 2023
Fixed a bug where you could still progress Gambit levels when the gambit levels are disabled
- 1.1 Hotfix Patch #5 - 28 September 2023
Fixed a bug where the progression XP was incorrectly calculated on high gambit and high game speeds
- 1.1 Hotfix Patch #4 - 26 September 2023
Add a new FPS Limit option of 240 to settings screen Fixed a rare bug where the Minion Instability relics could be offered twice. This was caused by the relic being a reward for both progression level 4 & 5. As such level 4 now instead grants the Spawning Ritual Relic Empty Heart relic: changed -50 damage taken to -20% damage taken. I missed this relic when adjusting how damage reduction should work in a previous patch.
