This is chess—but the board is cursed.
Cursed To Move is a single-player chess roguelite built around short tactical encounters, risky route choices, and piece upgrades that bend the rules. Familiar pieces gain powers they were never meant to possess, while the board becomes more unforgiving with every turn.
Break the Rules of Chess
Launch pieces across the board, attack from impossible angles, manipulate promotions, and combine abilities that could never exist in a normal chess match. A single pawn, bishop, or knight can become the centerpiece of your entire strategy.
Build a Different Army Every Run
Purchase upgrades, manage your gold, and adapt to the choices you are offered. Abilities interact with one another, turning a simple move into a devastating chain reaction.
Choose Your Path
Travel across a branching map filled with battles, puzzles, shops, camps, fate encounters, elite enemies, and bosses. Every route forces you to choose between immediate safety and long-term power.
Survive the Collapsing Board
The battlefield will not remain safe forever. Board Collapse pushes every encounter toward the center, turning space and tempo into precious resources you cannot afford to waste.
Choose Who Will Face the Curse
Eight playable characters reshape each run with unique advantages and restrictions. Pay less in shops, delay the board’s collapse, gamble for greater rewards, or abandon royal upgrades to gain access to a different arsenal.
Tactical turn-based encounters inspired by chess
Dozens of piece, combo, terrain, and single-use upgrades
Eight characters with distinct advantages and restrictions
Branching routes filled with puzzles, shops, camps, elite battles, and bosses
Persistent career progression and in-game achievements
Optional blackjack and chess roulette using fictional gold earned only during runs
Multiple visual themes, including a complete pixel-art presentation