Deal | 11 Steam Deck-ready chess-themed games land at roughly $1 each on Humble Bundle

Checkmate! is a new game collection on Humble Bundle, and it's for those who are bored with playing regular chess games. This collection has a total of 11 games, and each of them aims to offer a slightly different experience.

There are no tiers available for this collection, and the entire 11-game set can be purchased for as low as $12. It's also worth mentioning that all the included games have official Steam Deck compatibility ratings.

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel is one of the big highlights from the bundle. It's described as the first-ever chess variant with temporal, spatial, and parallel dimensions. This 2020 board game has online PvP mode, and on Steam, it holds a 96% positive player rating with around 6,500 reviews. When not on sale, it costs $11.99 (all-time low is $5.75), and it sports the Steam Deck Playable compatibility rating.

Chess Ultra is another popular game in this bundle. Released in 2017, it's described as the "most breathtaking chess game ever made." With a 76% positive player rating, this Steam Deck Verified game has a retail value of $12.99 (the record-low price is $3.89).

Pawnbarian is a solid addition as well. It's essentially a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike, and since its 2021 release on Steam, it has gathered around 500 player reviews, with 91% of them being positive. This Steam Deck Verified title usually costs $9.99 when not discounted (lowest recorded price is $3.99).

As for the other games, they also come with decent player ratings, but they are not as popular as the ones mentioned above. The chart below will give you a quick glimpse of the rest of the games.

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