ZenChess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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Character
Grave, earnest, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Minimol Games
- Publisher
- Minimol Games
- Released
- April 10, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 4 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 3 ratings.
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