The Rookery
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About The Rookery
The Rookery combines chess with roguelike army-building challenges. Each run, you assemble an army from a modest start, choosing upgrades such as a pawn-focused build or a plan to collect as many queens as possible. You can also take greedy options and prepare to defeat the final boss, provided you can get through the first act with timely potions. The game offers a wide range of difficulty, from runs that can be won by someone who has never played chess to a brutal challenge for accredited international masters.
Build your army
Collect chess pieces, boosts, relics and consumables to prepare for each fight. Combine upgrades to take on even the toughest bosses. Runs differ, and completing them unlocks harder levels and more items.
Items and bosses
The game includes over a hundred unique items and buffs, five starting relics that lead to varied play experiences, and 10 bosses with powerful, unique abilities.
Difficulty levels
There are 40 difficulty levels, backed by an AI that exploits your weaknesses.
Frequently asked questions
The best price for The Rookery is $1.16 at Kinguin. That is 88% less than on Steam, where it costs $9.99. 6 shops have an offer that activates in your country.
Some are. This page only shows offers that activate in your country; offers for other regions, or with no stated region, are left out. To see the offers for another country, change your country at the top of the page.
Every key we list activates on Steam. Redeem the key there and The Rookery 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 The Rookery are: 1 GB RAM, 1 GB storage. It also runs on macOS. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
No. The Rookery is a single-player game.
Mostly, yes. Valve rates The Rookery as Playable on the Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual setup.
Buy The Rookery 88% cheaper than on Steam.
The Rookery is available for 88% less in shops such as Kinguin, Eneba, or Driffle.
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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