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Chess Knights: Shinobi

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage and assassination.

18 November 2020

Chess Knights: Shinobi is a card & board game developed by Minimol Games, released 18 November 2020 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What Chess Knights: Shinobi is

Chess Knights: Shinobi is a card & board game game developed by Minimol Games and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage and assassination.
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Chess Knights: Shinobi launched on 18 November 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Official trailer

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When did Chess Knights: Shinobi come out?
Chess Knights: Shinobi was released on 18 November 2020 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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