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Chase The King

100 Kings To Defeat, One Cursed Chess Board To Take The Crown. Coming To Steam and other PC Stores in November. Demo Coming Later This Week.


Charleston, SC – Strategic Entertainment has announced Chase The King, a gothic fantasy chess game where you have to earn and buy pieces to win with your play on the board, is coming to Steam in November 2026. A free demo will be available now. In Chase The King, players take their skills  to a board and a ranked leader board with a high end difficulty of Grandmaster 3200+ elo, where every move counts and the king is never safe. Chess has been around for centuries. Now it has candlelight, ruined cathedrals and a much darker sense of atmosphere.

Chase The King is the first solo dev title from my publishing and development studio, but it’s just one of the ways I’m adapting to the changing landscape of gaming," says Erik Reynolds, founder of Strategic Entertainment. “I’m beyond excited to make my own games, help a great list of clients create games that showcase their talent or IP and through my traditional software development division, Studio Strategic, build AI-forward products to identify early signs of cancer complications.”

A FAMILIAR GAME, A DARKER KINGDOM

Chase The King keeps the strategy you already know and moves it somewhere far more dramatic. Players must earn their army by facing over 1v1 against the enemy. Each move, each capture encourages risk, daring and bloodlust. The look is gothic fantasy throughout, from the board to the pieces to the backgrounds behind them. Whether you play for the tactics or the mood, the board is built to look the part.

MAKE THE BOARD YOURS

An in-game cosmetics storefront lets players customize how they play, with boards, pieces and backgrounds to collect. Cosmetics change how the game looks and have no effect on how it plays, so the strategy stays on the board and the style is up to you.

TRY IT FIRST

Wishlist it Now and get ready for The Chase The King single-player demo in the next two weeks. Try a few matches, then wishlist the full game ahead of its November 20 launch at $5.99.

In-Game Customization: Players will be able to earn through playing new chess sets, boards and backgrounds, but the developer would like to make a few bucks so, help?

AI SLOP DISCLOSURE

As a solo developer I have guided every element by hand but I have no budget and love working with agents to help my build. Here’s my disclosure and promise.
 

NOT GEN AI BUT LOOKS CRAPPY: 

  • Plastic starting pieces are from the plug-in Chess Game Creator (not gen ai)
  • New pieces will be sculpted in blender.

GEN AI

  • 6 Game Backgrounds - The 100 level ranked climb will have 100 interactive 100% human made backgrounds but for now I’m using Gen AI. Strategic Interactive is going to build 96 slightly animated backgrounds and will update as submissions come in. If chosen for the game, and if sales (revenue allows for it, each piece selected will earn $100 each.

Key features

  • Build Your Army: A chess variant set in a dark, atmospheric world where you have to earn and buy pieces to win with your play on the board. Points are accumulated by moving, capturing enemies and other random drops off of enemies.
  • Single-player: Take on the board on your own terms. 100 levels to 3200 chess elo.
  • Cosmetics storefront: Unlock boards, pieces and backgrounds to personalize your game (In development).
  • Playable demo: Try Chase The King on Steam before launch in the next few days/weeks. Wishlist now to stay up to date.
  • Launch price: $5.99. (Your coffee costs more)

Game information

Title: Chase The King
Developer / Publisher: Strategic Entertainment
Platform: PC (Windows), Steam
Players: Single and Multiplayer at Launch
Demo: Single-Player
Planned Release: November 2026  (we figure we’d go head-to-head with that big game. Maybe they’ll put a chess club into their game and use our game as a mini game. That would be nice. If they paid me.   
Price: $5.99
Wishlist and demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5205460/Chase_The_King/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/CV7iTnnuNqI
Press contact: [email protected]
Socials: www.linedin.com/in/erikleereynolds

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