Beyond The Board: Chess Reinvented as a Surreal Puzzle Odyssey (Demo Gameplay)
3This is a gameplay video of "Beyond The Board" demo version. A single-player puzzle game that transforms traditional chess into a minimal, immersive journey. Every move is a step deeper into the world Beyond the Board, where shifting tiles and puzzles reveal the hidden fractures within the game’s very foundations.
Drawing on decades of gaming—from Atari’s pixel dawn to today’s immersive depths—Beyond The Board offers a poetic recalibration of chess, recasting each move as an intimate journey through surreal, crumbling landscapes. A lightning-struck board fractures into three-dimensional puzzles, guiding a lone Rook across shifting tiles, cursed foes, and metroidvania‑style hidden paths. Atmospheric minimalism blends with philosophical undertones, twisting familiar checkmate strategies into haunting, experimental encounters. It’s chess reimagined as a meditative, cinematic odyssey—at once cerebral, mysterious, and deeply evocative.
Developer: Fragile Shapes Studio
Publisher: Beyond The Board
Genre: Puzzle, Chess, Adventure, Surreal, Isometric, Indie
Release Date: To be announced
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows
You can find Beyond The Board here:
🕹 ️ Steam►https://store.steampowered.com/app/2794160/Beyond_The_Board/.
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