Usurper is one of my all time favourite games. Whether you're a chess fan, or a newbie who needs a new pass time, this is a great game to buy. I found this game from an Icely Puzzles video, and I had been waiting to buy it since then. Chess skills help you get through the first few levels, but they are not required to enjoy the game. I've managed to beat the game with every basic deck, yet my chess elo is only 500.

Despite being the hardest basic deck, my favourite is the Pharaonic deck. It has tons of cards that have nearly unlimited movement, at the cost of being unable to capture with normal movement, and the inability to move on it's capture tiles without an enemy piece being there. It's as if the entire deck was based around the unique movement of a pawn.

The campaign mode is probably the best gamemode I've ever seen in a chess game, but that's probably because of the fact that I'm biased. The way that when you start out, you only have three enemies to defeat, but after you win, the final boss will be located after beating six enemies. This makes it so as you unlock more decks, the more types of enemies you can face.

I bought this in the Chess-like Rouge-like bundle, among with Pawnbarian and The Ouroboros King (which were also definitely worth the money, but in my opinion, this one's the best), and it's definitely worth the extra money. Even if this review doesn't convince you to get the game, maybe their demo will. It includes half of the basic decks, and the campaign mode.

If you're ready for the rougelike of the year, this game is for you.