
Chess Arcana: Hero Chess Game
Blitz, online PvP, hero skills
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Chess Arcana is real chess with a fantasy twist. Every game follows the full official rules — checkmate, castling, en passant and promotion — and every hero brings an ultimate skill that can turn the game around.
REAL CHESS + HERO SKILLS
• Blitz (3+2): pure chess, no skills
• Wild Chess (8 min): charge your hero's ultimate and unleash it at the right moment
• Play live opponents worldwide through Game Center — or tap Play vs AI and start instantly, no waiting
SIX HEROES, SIX PLAYSTYLES
• Chronomancer – Time Stop: move twice in a row
• Phantom Knight – Phantom Jump: teleport, strike, then move again
• Aegis Queen – Divine Judgment: holy light passes through your own pieces, destroys the first enemy in the line and grants a shield
• Ember Bishop – Inferno Burn: sets all four diagonals ablaze at once
• Tempest Rook – Cyclone: unleashes a storm along the rook's line
• Star Oracle – Star's Return: revives your most valuable fallen piece
FREE AND FAIR
• Free to download and play
• Skills are never sold as an edge: paying never makes any piece stronger
• Finish your first match to unlock Phantom Knight free — two heroes before you spend a cent
• Collector heroes are sold separately or in a bundle
• No ads
COMPETE
• Weekly and all-time leaderboards for each mode
• Optimized for iPhone Duo, folded or open
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What's New in Chess Arcana
2.2
October 18, 2026
PLAY ANYTIME • New "Play vs AI" button: jump straight into a game, no waiting • Matchmaking now finds you a game within seconds, even when few players are online TWO HEROES SOONER • Finish your first match to unlock Phantom Knight free — try a second ultimate right away
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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases
$0.99
Aegis Queen
Unlock the Aegis Queen hero and her Aegis Shield.





