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About Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings
Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings is a single-player chess game that preserves standard chess rules, piece movements and strategic principles while adding piece entanglement and resonance mechanics. Linked pieces share state across the board, so a move can trigger chain reactions and other effects. Classical openings, tactics and endgame knowledge still apply.
Entanglement and resonance
You can link pieces so they influence one another across the board. The resonance mechanics include paired pawn dependencies, slip-gate repositioning, aura-based mass state changes and cascading reactions. Multiple board configurations and entanglement choices provide varied setups.
Puzzles
The game includes 100 puzzles of varying difficulty, each focused on delivering checkmate in one or two moves. A sandbox and custom puzzle builder let you create puzzles.
Frequently asked questions
The best price for Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings is $0.66 at Kinguin. That is 97% less than on Steam, where it costs $24.99. 2 shops have an offer that activates in your country.
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Every key we list activates on Steam. Redeem the key there and Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings stays in your library for good.
Yes, with a small risk. Publishers create keys to sell in other shops, which is why a key can cost less than in the official store, and once you activate it the game is yours to keep, just like a store purchase. On average 1–2% of keys fail, so check the shop's buyer protection before you buy: the official store does not refund keys bought elsewhere.
The minimum requirements for Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings are: Windows 10, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Intel Core i3-8100, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB storage. It also runs on macOS. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
Yes. Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings has multiplayer and a single-player mode. It supports split-screen PvP.
Yes. Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings is the full base game. You need nothing else to play it.
Buy Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings 97% cheaper than on Steam.
Altus Chess: Archaic Beginnings is available for 97% less in shops such as Kinguin.
Steam lets publishers create keys to sell in other shops. Once you activate a key, the game is yours to keep, just like a store purchase.
Disclaimer: CD keys have an inherent 1–2% average failure rate. Check the shop terms for buyer protection info. Steam offers no buyer protection for keys bought in other shops and doesn't refund them.
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