Once a Pawn a King Steam news

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• Review score97% positive
• Total reviews31
• Release dateAug 18, 2025
• DeveloperClover Bite
• Publisherindie.io

Genres: Indie, Strategy, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Clover BitePublisher: indie.io

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Once a Pawn a King Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• Once a Pawn a King Leaves Early Access Today! 👑♟️ - 25 June 2026

  The board is set, the pieces are in motion, and the wait is finally over.Once a Pawn a King has officially launched into Version 1.0!What began as an Early Access journey has reached its full release, and we want to thank everyone who joined us along the way. Your feedback, bug reports, suggestions, and support have helped shape the game into what it is today.For those discovering the game for the first time, Once a Pawn a King is a roguelike, turn-based strategy adventure where chess meets chaos. Build your army, recruit powerful pieces, adapt your strategy, and fight through a fractured world where the rules are constantly changing.Steam Summer Sale DiscountTo celebrate the 1.0 launch, Once a Pawn a King is 35% off during the Steam Summer Sale from June 25 through July 9! If you've had the game on your wishlist, now is the perfect time to jump in and begin your journey across the shat…

• 1.0 Launch Date Change - 15 June 2026

  Hello everyone,We have an update regarding the release of Once A Pawn A King 1.0Version 1.0 will now launch on June 25th!We know many of you have been looking forward to jumping into 1.0, and we sincerely appreciate your patience as we make this adjustment. While the release date is shifting slightly, the wait won't be much longer. We're incredibly excited to share everything Version 1.0 has in store and can't wait for everyone to experience it. Thank you for your continued support, feedback, and enthusiasm throughout Early Access. It has helped shape the game every step of the way. We'll see you on June 25th!

• June 15th - save the date! - 26 May 2026

  🎉 We're excited to announce that Once a Pawn a King officially has a release date!♟️ 👑 June 15th - save the date!

• Once a Pawn a King Joins Indie.io! - 26 March 2026

  Hey everyone!We’re incredibly excited to announce that Once a Pawn a King has officially partnered with Indie.io as our publisher! They’ve helped publish many indie games, and we’re thrilled to be working with a team that truly understands and supports our vision.While we’re joining forces at a relatively late stage in development, Indie.io will help us with store page management, marketing, advertising, and more - allowing the game to reach a wider audience and realize its full potential.As always, thank you for being here and supporting us. Stay tuned for more updates soon!

• Cloud Save Now Available - 20 January 2026

  We’ve run into a delay with the final update for Once a Pawn a King, so in the meantime, we’ve added Cloud Save support. You can now seamlessly continue your runs across multiple devices!

• Count Your Blessings - 25 December 2025

  Hey everyone, and welcome to our third major update!This one introduces a large batch of new Blessings, Potions, Boss Figures, and pieces, alongside some much-needed fixes and balancing changes.As always, thank you so much for your continued feedback and support. Your insights help us understand what matters most to you as players. If you have more thoughts or suggestions, feel free to share them on our Discord server or in the Steam discussions.Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback.Level Design📢 Added more level variations.📢 Fixed multiple softlocks caused by level design.Slightly reduced chest spawn chance.Blessings:Transcendence (Generic): Returned to the game. No longer grants infinite casts. Instead, the casting piece gains 1 free cast of each of its Blessings.Mark (Generic): New! The piece applies 1 mark to an enemy within 1 tile. All enemies take damage equa…

• Resolution Settings fix 2.0 - 8 December 2025

  Hey everyone! This is the second part (and hopefully the last for a while) of the resolution hotfix we released a week ago. We also fixed several bugs unrelated to resolution.FixesFixed resolution settings not being saved when reopening the game.Optimized cursor behavior.Added an option to mute/unmute the game when it’s running in the background.Fixed a bug where Peas (Figure) stopped working after a run with it equipped.Fixed the infinite loading screen that could occur after winning/resigning at the Symbiotic Bishop.Fixed pieces returning to their patrol even when moving there is illegal.Fixed Bite (Blessing) animation looping indefinitely.Fixed Catapult (Blessing) triggering an unrelated explosion VFX.Fixed Saboteur (Curse) triggering two explosions when attacking.

• Resolution Settings fix - 1 December 2025

  Hello everyone,This is a small hotfix mainly focused on resolution settings.FixesAdded windowed mode.Added resolution options (all 16:9 for now, but they should no longer cause issues on ultra-wide screens).Increased chest spawn rates across all levels.Evasion & Cold Evasion (Missions) now works as intended.

• The Bigger They Are... - 20 November 2025

  Welcome to the second major update patch notes of Once a Pawn a King! We heard your feedback - the bosses felt confusing and frustrating. This update aims to fix that!Keep the feedback coming! Your insights are invaluable and help us make the game better. You can share your thoughts on our Discord server or in the Steam discussions.Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback.Enemies:Cavalier (Elite): Now has two modes - one acting as a Knight, and another as the rider (Pawn/Bishop). The Cavalier now switches between the modes on every turn.Pawn Cavalier (Elite): Increased HP to 8.Bishop Cavalier (Elite): Increased HP to 12 and Power to 2.Multiplying Pawn (Boss): Shockwave now triggers after 3 turns of enemy immobility (previously 2).Multiplying Pawn (Boss): Now applies 2 stacks of Slimed per attack. Pieces lose 1 stack each round.Symbiotic Bishop (Boss): The Crystal Minion…

• 👑Bundle of the Kings!👑 - 20 October 2025

  Hey everyone,We are thrilled to announce that Once a Pawn a King is collaborating with The Ouroboros King!The bundle is live now. You can get all this chess roguelike goodness for 20% off! Check it out: Thank you for all the support and stay tuned for future updates.

• Stay United in The All For One Update! - 2 October 2025

  Welcome to our first Major Update in Early Access! Thank you so much for all your feedback so far - it’s been incredibly helpful and has directly inspired many of the changes in this patch.We know we’ve been a bit quiet over the past month, but that’s because we’ve been hard at work making the game the best version of itself it can be. If you’d like to help us keep shaping the future of the game, we’d love to have you join our Discord community.Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback! (Thank you Hades II for the idea of marking them this way!)General Gameplay:📢 Action economy rework! Each of your pieces now has a move on black’s turn. You can end your turn at any time during your turn (at no mana cost).Level Design📢 Significant changes to the 2nd floor’s design - difficulty has been reduced overall.UI & UX📢 Right-clicking an enemy now reveals its attack pattern on t…

• Day 2 Patch Bug Fixes - 21/08/25 - 21 August 2025

  This is a quick patch for the weekend, adding to the one from yesterday.Patch Notes:👾 BUG FIXES 👾Quests progression didn't work, now it's working as intended. (Also suppose to work on previous saves, please let us know if you encounter any issues.)Floor 1 Boss had several behaviour issues that may have caused level freeze.Minor graphical upgrades.If you encounter any problems or bugs, please reach out to us here on Steam or in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/VsfGgQADMQ

• Day 1 Patch - 20/08/25 - 20 August 2025

  This is the first patch for Once a Pawn a King! It's a quick fix to some of the issues players experienced on launch. We are trying to patch every problem as quickly as possible! If you encounter any problems or bugs please reach out to us here on Steam or in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/VsfGgQADMQ Patch Notes:⚖️ BALANCE CHANGES ⚖️Winning a combat room now rewards players with 10 InspirationCapturing (killing) an enemy piece now restores 10 Mana👾 BUG FIXES 👾Elite - Mini bosses no longer freeze when reaching the edge of the board"Peas" Figure is working properly now (increasing army size)Fixed minor visual bugsWe hope you guys enjoy this update - we're already working on the next one!

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