Mateforge

New update: 15 new cards, brutal Ascension difficulty tiers, fresh relics and boss powers, plus a How to Play guide for newcomers.

Mateforge is a single-player chess roguelike deckbuilder. Command an army of chess pieces, cast powerful spell cards, and survive an ever-collapsing board across an endless run of battles.

Each round the board crumbles beneath you — capture every enemy before it does. Between fights, draft upgrades, recruit and merge pieces, forge your deck, and grow stronger for the boss waiting ahead.

FEATURES

• Chess meets roguelike — pieces move by real chess rules, but the board falls apart every turn
• Build your deck — craft custom decks from 29 spell cards: lightning, meteors, freezes, teleports and more
• Evolve your pieces — defeat bosses to permanently evolve your army through 3 tiers of power
• Merge & recruit — fuse pieces into stronger ones and expand your squad
• Boss battles — face bosses with shields, swift moves and spawning, scaling in difficulty
• Daily challenge — a new rule-bending mutator every day
• Meta progression — earn shards and unlock permanent perks that carry across runs
• Endless runs — no two are ever the same
• 6 languages — English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano

How far can you get before the board swallows you?