ChessFinity

Think you know chess? Try it in 3D — then add mana and deckbuilding.

ChessFinity’s free Steam demo is live. Play it now and wishlist for Early Access.

DEMO (available now)

The demo is a focused solo slice so you can try the core systems right away:

Solo play (vs AI or self-play)
5 modes: Classic, 3D Modded, Mana, Co-op, and FFA presets
A small sample of puzzles + mini-games

EARLY ACCESS (late April)

Early Access expands beyond the demo with:

Online multiplayer (and ongoing improvements)
More presets in every mode (more boards, rules, and matchups)
More puzzles + mini-games
Expanded customisation tools

Pick a preset and play immediately, or dive into Mana Chess — a deckbuilding mode where your pieces come from a deck and you spend mana to deploy them.

At a glance (Early Access)

Mana Chess deckbuilding (pieces as cards + mana to deploy)
3D chess variants on unusual boards (including classic variants)
Strange new pieces and wild matchups
Mini-games: puzzles + routing/touring challenges + chaotic FFA modes
Play solo vs AI, hot-seat, and online multiplayer (still improving)

Mana Chess: deckbuilding meets chess

In Mana Chess, you don’t start with a fixed army — you build a deck of pieces and deploy them using mana. It creates a different kind of chess: more tactical surprises, more comeback potential, and far more variety between games.

Mana highlights:

Choose from mana presets (single level or multiple levels, with or without walls)
Build a deck that includes powerful new pieces
Deploy pieces by spending mana, with configurable limits (including up to 3 moves per turn in Mana)
Set king placement and deployment zones for custom Mana scenarios

3D chess variants & weird boards

ChessFinity includes curated 3D presets and variants — some well-known, some deliberately strange.

Examples you’ll find inside:

Classic 3D variants like Raumschach
Experimental boards (small boards, long boards, boards with holes, “bridge” layouts, walled layouts)
Scenario-style rulesets (for example: king with only pawns, king with only bishops, asymmetric matchups like dragon vs knights)

Strange new pieces

Beyond standard chess pieces, ChessFinity includes new piece types designed for multi-level boards and variant rulesets — creating threats and tactics you won’t see in normal chess.

Mini-games & challenges

Want something faster, weirder, or more puzzle-like than a full match?

3D chess puzzles
Routing & touring challenges
Chaotic FFA modes — including rule sets where the board can “rot” (disappear) as players move

Play modes (and a quick note on multiplayer)

Solo vs yourself or AI
3+ player options (including team formats like 2v2)
Online multiplayer is available, but it’s still being improved — for the smoothest experience right now, solo vs AI / hot-seat is the best starting point