Archon Classic
Inspired by chess, but adding combat that YOU control, Archon was the original Battle Chess. You must try to outmaneuver your opponent using teams of fantasy creatures or monsters in this epic struggle of Light and Dark.
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Developer: Lost Mesa Entertainment Publisher: Lost Mesa Entertainment
Genre: Indie, Strategy
Languages: English
Tags: Strategy (133), Board Game (127), Chess (124), Action (121), Fantasy (115), Turn-Based Tactics (106), Local Multiplayer (104), Local Co-Op (98), 4 Player Local (92), Turn-Based Strategy (88), PvP (84), Retro (80), Remake (78), Magic (73), Team-Based (70), Singleplayer (66), Multiplayer (60), 2D (50), Top-Down (44), Classic (39)
Category: Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Release date: Nov 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
Score rank: 92% Userscore: 82% Old userscore: 82%
Owners: 20,000 .. 50,000
Ownership data: 2026-11-10 (UTC) — out of date
Followers: 742
Peak concurrent players yesterday: 12
Playtime total: 00:52 (average) 00:52 (median)
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