Cat Chess Lets Players Battle With Feline Pieces on Steam This July
The game applies a simple cat-themed reskin to classical chess, adding faction-based personality and animated interactions, and is set for a quick release next month.
Key Facts
- Cat Chess launches on Steam on July 23.
- A demo for Cat Chess is already available on Steam.
- The game replaces traditional chess pieces with cats, divided into House Cats and Stray Cats factions.
- Cat knights ride mice, and rooks are cats buried in cardboard.
- Pieces can interact by licking, scratching, covering with boxes, or tempting with fish.
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Capricia Labs announced Cat Chess, a game that replaces traditional chess pieces with cats, divided into House Cats and Stray Cats factions. The game launches July 23 on Steam, with a demo already available. Pieces include cat knights riding mice and rooks buried in cardboard, with animations for scratching, licking, and fish-tempting interactions.
Capricia Labs is developing Cat Chess, a game that turns every chess piece into a cat. The release is set for July 23 on Steam, and a demo is playable now. Players choose between the elegant House Cats and the wild Stray Cats factions. Knights are cats riding mice, rooks are cats buried in cardboard, and the kings ride sewing thread or a trash can depending on the faction. Pieces have expressive animations and can interact with each other by licking, scratching, covering with boxes, or tempting with fish. The game also includes a feature to play with the cats while waiting for the opponent's turn.
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