Checkmate Charmers

Game Information

Developer

Impy

Version

Engine

Others

Release Date

Jul 26, 2025

Last Update

Jan 18, 2026

Censorship

Uncensored

Overview

Checkmate Charmers is a puzzle-strategy game for players who want chess-inspired board challenges mixed with monster girl encounters. It stays lighthearted while asking for real tactical attention.

Story

The king has vanished, and his daughter intends to claim the crown before anyone can stop her. Standing against her means working across a series of contested boards, gathering allies, and winning over the figures who guard her path to the throne.

Gameplay

Each board plays out as a puzzle where positioning and piece strength decide the outcome. Players recruit and upgrade allied chess pieces, then use them to outmaneuver opponents or charm them into switching sides. Special tiles scattered across the maps add extra effects, changing how a board needs to be approached each time.

Features

Monster girl cast integrated into board opponents and allies
Point-and-click interface layered over puzzle-strategy boards
Animated scenes tied to specific characters and locations
Card-based effects that add variation to how pieces are used

Installation

1. Extract and run.

Changelog

New Additions:

8 new events.
3 voyeurism animations for Kate. She will now be shown in all events in the castle.
8 special tile types that trigger different effects when stepped on.
All maps reworked, new maps added, for a new total of 12 small and 10 big maps.
12 new cards (same as last set with new targets)
Dialogue sprites and some capture dialogue for summonable tokens.
Gallery and a save system to keep track of unlocked events.
Other Changes
Summoning card for knight now places the token diagonally.
Movement for all tokens changed to offer more options.
Slightly reduced cost of token summoning cards and some items.
Moved the Bishop by Bishop capture event to your Bishop's token.
Some boards revised and extended by a tile, added support for 8 by 9 boards.
Fixed bug, pawn equipment now works as described.
Added an "end of game" warning for the final event in the castle.