# Rooks Keep

Summer DB entity ID: 19aa140d\-2da3\-453e\-8505\-8b8a4fb121b9

Steam App ID: 299440

Deathmatch\. AI &amp; Multiplayer\. Chess\. Decapitation\.   Descend into a brutal tournament where factions of sinister knights and grotesque beasts battle for domination in bloody arena matches and furious melee brawls\. Crush opponents with hammers and shields, rend flesh with razor sharp claws and slice off heads with swords and axes\. In Rooks Keep, players will maim their competitors in both a selection of deathmatch\-arena game\-modes such as 'Deathmatch', 'Team\-Deathmatch', 'Conversion', 'Chess', 'Last\-Man\-Standing' and 'Combat Chess'\. Play solo, jump into multiplayer matches, or add AI opponents to squash under\-foot in both single and multiplayer\. We even support 3rd party Chess engines\. The game is set in a uniquely styled fantasy world, where factions battle ceaselessly for your entertainment\. Key Features    Arena gameplay  Players will enter into a variety of game\-modes, such as Deathmatch, Last\-Man\-Standing and Conversion\(kill enemies to convert them to your team\), and battle across a variety of maps with many available options and mutators\.    Melee combat  The focus of Rooks Keep is on the fantasy melee combat system, featuring quick and heavy attacks, parrying, blocking, dodging and special abilities and skills\.    Chess  Players can play in both Classic Chess and the unusual Combat Chess mode, where players have the opportunity to fight to retain their place on the board if attacked\.    AI/LAN/Online  Rooks Keep presents players with single\-player solely against AI bots, LAN and online\. Also supported are 3rd party Chess engines\. Even hot\-seat Chess is available\.    Unreal &amp; mod support  Built on the Unreal® Development Kit™, Rooks Keep offers extensive mod support\. Players will be able to use the included UnrealEd tool to build their own maps and mods\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: RuneStorm

- Publisher: RuneStorm

- Release date: Dec 5, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co\-op, Online Co\-op, LAN Co\-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Partial Controller Support, Includes level editor, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_f38f0b7bad420ed4b251a5c0450ab40249cf195c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_685f6b0b1ad3fe7fb1267026e91fe50b456fac2e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_3031fc6f15683b037f647804a919142ee02a0be4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_4d1d0a740f25caced437b78cf0ef95accbd30a95\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_ca1b25edef39d1369e592c3370bf5f0884389e9b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_c86fce8f601bfedcc3907142af4b3c4255280d9f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_e0375379a34139e6e8a09583fb53458bc5e99e97\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_2a1dbc5be2dc7c8c5313b239328e4d33c67dc55f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_c603a0cb307d7cbadbf9a5dffa6d8ee8d2fb612d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_59ff6690c5e1fc7088c8c1ea9ff18e80623bd1f4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/299440/ss\_1b83461093e4f46bb8774cf1af7e6911575ba518\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1666983917

- Price: 799 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 96

- Steam positive reviews: 65

- Steam negative reviews: 31

- Steam positive percentage: 67.70833333333333%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/19aa140d-2da3-453e-8505-8b8a4fb121b9/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/19aa140d-2da3-453e-8505-8b8a4fb121b9/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:13:14\.344591\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:13:15\.650511\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:13:15\.389601\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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